Lake Kivu

Summary

Lake Kivu is a meromictic lake^[1]. It ranks in the top 10% of meromictic_lake entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (383 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Lake Kivu is in the country of Democratic Republic of the Congo^[3].
• Lake Kivu is in the country of Rwanda^[4].
• Lake Kivu's image is recorded as LakeKivu satellite.jpg^[5].
• Lake Kivu's continent is recorded as Africa^[6].
• Lake Kivu's instance of is recorded as meromictic lake^[7].
• Lake Kivu's instance of is recorded as lake^[8].
• Lake Kivu's inflows is recorded as Karundura^[9].
• Lake Kivu's outflows is recorded as Ruzizi River^[10].
• Lake Kivu's basin country is recorded as Rwanda^[11].
• Lake Kivu's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 315149531^[12].
• Lake Kivu's GND ID is recorded as 4098470-9^[13].
• Lake Kivu's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh85072598^[14].
• Lake Kivu's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 12489889r^[15].
• Lake Kivu's IdRef ID is recorded as 034108211^[16].
• Lake Kivu's part of is recorded as African Great Lakes^[17].
• Lake Kivu's Commons category is recorded as Lake Kivu^[18].
• Lake Kivu's OpenStreetMap relation ID is recorded as 9072^[19].
• Lake Kivu's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': -1.8530555555556, 'lon': 29.135277777778}^[20].
• Lake Kivu's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/02k3wk^[21].
• Lake Kivu's NL CR AUT ID is recorded as ge687681^[22].
• Lake Kivu's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Lake Kivu^[23].
• Lake Kivu's National Library of Israel ID is recorded as 000704132^[24].
• Lake Kivu's Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID is recorded as 0035745^[25].
• Lake Kivu's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as place/Lake-Kivu^[26].
• Lake Kivu's GeoNames ID is recorded as 212508^[27].

Body

Geography

Country listings include Democratic Republic of the Congo^[3], a sovereign state^[28], in Democratic Republic of the Congo^[29], founded in 1960^[30] and Rwanda^[4], a sovereign state^[31], in Rwanda^[32], founded in 1962^[33]. Lake Kivu's continent is recorded as Africa^[6]. Its part of is recorded as African Great Lakes^[17].

Physical Characteristics

Lake Kivu's area is recorded as {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+2700'}^[34]. Its elevation above sea level is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+1463'}^[35]. Its length is recorded as {'unit': 'Q828224', 'amount': '+89'}^[36].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include meromictic lake^[7] and lake^[8].

Cultural Significance

Things named for Lake Kivu include Kivu Lacus^[37], a lake of Titan^[38].

Why It Matters

Lake Kivu ranks in the top 10% of meromictic_lake entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (383 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[39] It is known by 26 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[40]

Entities named for it include Kivu Lacus^[37], a lake of Titan^[38].