RWANDA An amazing country landlocked in the heart of Africa In the "Country of one thousand hills" Photo J-C Scholle
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Page Frame Rwanda, a fascinating country at the heart of Africa, under the Equator, under the sun, is characterized by hills and mountains. It is 900 to 4,000 m above sea level. The relief of this 26,338 km² country comes from the numerous moves of the African plaque. 50 million years ago, the ones of the African "Rift Valley" caused the emergence, in the West, of the Zaire-Nile mountainous Ridge, which reaches its highest point of more than 3,000 m at Mount Muhungwe, and stretches to the chain of Birunga volcanoes, the shelter of the last mountain gorillas. At the center of the country, numerous hills are scattered over a large altitude plateau, to which Rwanda owes its nickname: "Country of one thousand hills". Rwanda on the stream Photo J-C Scholle
Living near lakes... Climate: between "Itumba" and "Umuhindo" The very numerous water resources (lakes, rivers...) are the result of the very humid climate of this country. The annual average rainfall is about 1,400 mm/year. These precipitations feed six catchment areas, with large annual average hydraulic specific outflows, that is 7 to 14.8 l/s/km², which makes irrigation possible (40 km²). | |
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