Kyautar Albertine ita ce reshen yamma na Rift na Afirka ta Gabas, wanda ya shafi sassa na Uganda, Jamhuriyar Demokradiyyar Kongo (DRC), Rwanda, Burundi da Tanzania. Ya faro daga ƙarshen arewacin Tafkin Albert zuwa ƙarshen ƙarshen tafkin Tanganyika. Kalmar labarin kasa ta hada kwari da tsaunukan da ke kewaye da ita. Kyautar Albertine da tsaunuka sakamakon motsawar tectonic ne wanda a hankali yake raba Farantin Somaliya daga sauran kasashen Afirka. Duwatsun da ke kewaye da raƙuman sun haɗu ne da duwatsun ƙasa na Pre-Cambrian da aka ɗauke su, waɗanda duwatsu masu aman wuta na kwanan nan suka mamaye su. Yankin arewacin tsagewar ya ratsa ta manyan tsaunuka biyu, tsaunukan Rwenzori tsakanin Tafkin Albert da Lake Rutanzige (tsohon Lake) da tsaunukan Virunga tsakanin Tafkin Rutanziga da Tafkin Kivu. Virungas suna yin shinge tsakanin Kogin Nilu zuwa arewa da gabas da Kogin Congo zuwa yamma da kudu. Tabkin Rutenzige yana wadatar da manyan koguna da yawa, kogin Rutshuru na ɗaya ne, kuma yana malala zuwa arewa ta cikin Kogin Semliki zuwa tafkin Albert. Kogin Victoria yana gudana daga Tafkin Victoria zuwa ƙarshen ƙarshen tafkin Albert kuma yana fita kamar Farin Nilu daga wani ɗan kaɗan zuwa yamma, yana kwarara arewa zuwa Bahar Rum.