Definition of Lake Kivu

1. Noun. A lake in the mountains of central Africa between Congo and Rwanda.

Exact synonyms: Kivu
Group relationships: Belgian Congo, Congo, Democratic Republic Of The Congo, Zaire, Ruanda, Rwanda, Rwandese Republic
Generic synonyms: Lake

Lexicographical Neighbors of Lake Kivu

Lake Biwa
Lake Cayuga
Lake Chad
Lake Champlain
Lake Chargoggagoggmanchauggagoggchaubunagungamaugg
Lake Chelan
Lake Clark National Park
Lake Constance
Lake District
Lake Erie
Lake Eyre
Lake Geneva
Lake Huron
Lake Huron-Michigan
Lake Ilmen
Lake Kivu (current term)
Lake Ladoga
Lake Leman
Lake Malar
Lake Mead
Lake Michigan
Lake Michigan-Huron
Lake Miwok
Lake Mälaren
Lake Okeechobee
Lake Onega
Lake Ontario
Lake Peipus
Lake Saint Clair

Literary usage of Lake Kivu

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Geographical Journal by Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain). (1900)
"Dr. Kandt wrote from his zoological station on Lake Kivu in August last. In December, 1898, he had started up the valley of ..."

2. In the Shade of an Acacia Tree: Memoirs of a Health Officer in Africa, 1945-1959 by Frank L. Lambrecht (1991)
"... on An Overland Journey Dar-es-Salaam to Lake Kivu Adventurous spirits die hard. After a six months' home leave in 1956, during which we toured Belgium, ..."

3. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and (1910)
"This region was again traversed in 1893-1894 by Count von Götzen, who continued his route westwards to Lake Kivu, north of Tanganyika, which, though heard ..."

4. The Story of the Great War by Francis Joseph Reynolds, Allen Leon Churchill, Leonard Wood, Francis Trevelyan Miller, Austin Melvin Knight, Frederick Palmer, Frank Herbert Simonds, Arthur Brown Ruhl (1916)
"To the north of Lake Kivu the Belgian troops also penetrated into German territory. Following on the occupation of the positions at ..."

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