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Kivu

[ kee-voo ]

noun

  1. Lake, a lake in central Africa, on the border between the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Rwanda. 1,040 sq. mi. (2,700 sq. km).


Kivu

/ ˈkiːvuː /

noun

  1. Lake Kivu
    a lake in central Africa, between the Democratic Republic of Congo (formerly Zaïre) and Rwanda at an altitude of 1460 m (4790 ft). Area: 2698 sq km (1042 sq miles). Depth: (maximum) 475 m (1558 ft)
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Example Sentences

Another honoree traveled from the South Kivu region of the Democratic of the Congo.

Sandra grew up in the South Kivu region of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

In her area of Kivu, which had long been embroiled in ethnic disputes, the fighting escalated in 2004.

At home in South Kivu, a war-torn province in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, that makes him a rare breed.

The road from the Rwanda-Congo border to Bukavu—a war-torn city on the southeastern edge of Lake Kivu—was almost impassable.

Great volcanoes, now mostly extinct, though some to the north of Kivu are still active, are a still later feature of the country.

The sources of its principal upper branch, the Nyavarongo, rise in the hill country immediately east of Lake Kivu.

Along the north-west frontier north of Kivu are volcanic peaks (see Mfumbiro).

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