The Rubyiro River is a river in southwestern

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that is a left-hand tributary of the

Ruzizi River The Ruzizi (also sometimes spelled Rusizi, French language, French: ''Rivière Ruzizi''; Dutch language, Dutch: ''Ruzizi Rivier'') is a river, long, that flows from Lake Kivu to Lake Tanganyika in Central Africa, descending from about to about ...

. It joins the Ruzizi, which forms the boundary between Rwanda and the

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, about above the point where the Ruhwa River, which forms the boundary between Rwanda and

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, enters the Ruzizi.

References

Citations Sources * Rivers of Rwanda {{Rwanda-river-stub