Rusumo Falls

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Rusumo Falls
The border crossing at the Rusumo Falls.  Tanzania is on the left, Rwanda on the right.

The border crossing at the Rusumo Falls. Tanzania is on the left, Rwanda on the right.

Coordinates 2 ° 22 '58 "  S , 30 ° 47' 0"  E Coordinates: 2 ° 22 '58 "  S , 30 ° 47' 0"  E
Rusumo Falls (Tanzania)
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place Kagera , Tanzania
height 15 m
Falling watercourse Kagera Nile
Close up of the falls

The Rusumo Falls are waterfalls located on the border of Rwanda and Tanzania on the Kagera Nile in Africa .

description

Only a few hundred meters below its so-called "south knee", the water of the Kagera-Nile plunges over its approximately 15-meter-high cascades into a swampy ditch up to 15 kilometers wide, rich in lakes, in which the Akagera National Park is located.

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