Lake Kivu is one of the African Great Lakes

Lake Kivu is one of the African Great Lakes. Lake Kivu lies on the border between the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Rwanda and is in the Albertine Rift, the western branch of the East African Rift. Lake Kivu empties into the Ruzizi River, which flows southwards into Lake Tanganyika. Lake Kivu is a freshwater lake and one of three known exploding lakes, The lake covers a total surface area of some 2,700 km2 (1,040 sq mi) and stands at a height of 1,460 meters (4,790 ft) above sea level. Some 1 370 km2 or 58% of the lake’s waters lie within DRC borders.

Lake Kivu

The lake bed sits upon a rift valley that is slowly being pulled up the world’s tenth-largest inland island, Idjwi, lies in Lake Kivu, as does the tiny island of Tshegera, which also lies within the boundaries of Virunga National Park; while settlements on its shore include Bukavu, Kabare, Kalehe, Sake, and Goma in Congo and Gisenyi, Kibuye and Cyangugu in Rwanda. art, causing volcanic activity in the area,
The risk posed by Lake Kivu began to be understood during the analysis of more recent events at Lake Nyos. Lake Kivu’s methane was originally thought to be merely a cheap natural resource for export, and for the generation of cheap power.