Ruzizi River
roo-ZEE-zee RIV-er (approx.)
The atlas records 3 collection-point forms from Ruzizi River, across 2 genera.
3.3657°S 29.2672°E
Ruzizi River is the point on Lake Tanganyika's Burundi shore where the Ruzizi enters the lake, at its northern end.
Where it is
Ruzizi River is at the northern end of Lake Tanganyika.
Nearest collection points: Bujumbura 6.1 mi east · Uvira 9.3 mi west · Kavimvira 9.3 mi west
Shore, third and distances are measured from the coordinates above against the lake’s mapped outline.
The water
Lake-wide measured chemistry of Lake Tanganyika — collection points share their lake's water; site-specific figures are shown only where the literature records them.
Nearest measured station: North basin (Bujumbura / Uvira) (~17 km) — Temperature 25.8 °C · pH 8.9 · Conductivity 659 µS/cm · Visibility (Secchi) 8.7 m
Surface temperature here
Across Jan–Nov, monthly means run 78 °F to 80 °F — coolest in Aug. Measured by satellite 1995–2023: the daily median of clear readings within 10 km of the site (596 clear days). The rainy-season months are usually too cloudy to measure and are left blank.
Temperature: ESA Climate Change Initiative, Lakes_cci v3.0 (Asfour et al. 2026; doi:10.5285/a56dba09df8a42ec9fba8b8c7a5e1f69). Chemistry on this page remains the lake's own.
The site
The site lies about 3 km south-south-west of Kigarama and about 6 km east-south-east of the Burundi/Congo border.
Sources
- tanganyika.si — Ruzizi River, Lake Tanganyika, Burundi: location page
- Konings, A. (2019). Tanganyika Cichlids in their Natural Habitat, 4th Edition. Cichlid Press, El Paso.
Each entry below is the population of that species recorded here — the form aquarists keep and breed as a distinct, provenance-labelled line. Crossing forms from different collection points is considered hybridisation in the hobby.