Geography of Rwanda  From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump
to: navigation, search Rwanda's cities and towns along with
selected villages Satellite image of Rwanda  At 26,338 square
kilometres (10,169 sq mi), Rwanda is the world's 149th-largest
country.[1] It is comparable in size to Haiti or the state of
Maryland in the United States.[2][3] The entire country is at a
high altitude: the lowest point is the Rusizi River at 950
metres (3,117 ft) above sea level.[2] Rwanda is located in
Central/Eastern Africa, and is bordered by the Democratic
Republic of the Congo to the west, Uganda to the north, Tanzania
to the east, and Burundi to the south.[2] It lies a few degrees
south of the equator and is landlocked.[4] The capital, Kigali,
is located near the centre of Rwanda.[5]  The watershed between
the major Congo and Nile drainage basins runs from north to
south through Rwanda, with around 80 per cent of the country's
area draining into the Nile and 20 per cent into the Congo via
the Rusizi River.[6] The count