Lake Burera
Lake Burera or Bulera is a lake of northwestern Rwanda, at the border with Uganda. With an area pf, it is the second largest lake entirely in Rwanda after lake Ihema. Considering all other lakes in the country, it would be the 5th largest after Lake Kivu between Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Lake Rweru between Rwanda and Burundi at of which only are in Rwanda, Lake Ihema and Lake Cohoha also shared with Burundi of which only are in Rwanda. The lake is located in a densely populated North of the country in Burera District which got its name from this lake. The closet major city is the city of Musanze West of the lake.
Lake Burera borders Uganda's wetlands on the southern slopes of Mount Muhavura at of altitude..
It lies to the North East of its twin Lake Ruhondo in which it empties via a stream called Ntaruka. Burera is almost twice as large as Lake Ruhondo and despite only being 600 meters apart, the two lakes are separated by a dramatic drop in altitude of.
Ntaruka is a long stream connecting the two lakes and drops of about 100 meters in. Due to this steep drop, a hydroelectric power plant has been constructed on this stream and produces 11.5 MW.
