Rwanda inyika yakakomberedzwa nedzimwe yakatambarara kubva nechepakati kuenda kumabvazuva kweAfrica uye iri kuzasi kwemuenzanisi nemadhigirii mashomane. Rwanda yakaganhurana neyika dzinoti: Uganda, Tanzania, Burundi neDemocratic Republic of the Congo. Rwanda iri muDunhu reNyanza Huru dzeAfrica. Rwanda iri pakakwirira, murutaranyika rwayo munowanikwa makomo ari kumadokero nesavanna kumabvazuva; uye ine madziva mazhinji akapararira nenyika. Mwaka yeko inoenderana nesubtropical ichiwana mwaka miviri yekunaya kwemvura nemwaka yekuwoma miviri zvakare. VaGwere vanoti lwanda (n. stony, rocky land, very hard rock) - zvichida vanoreva rukangarahwe. Sagara vanoti lwanda kana rwanda (n. river) kureva rwizi.