Kogin Rutshuru

Kogin Rutshuru ( Faransanci :Rivière Rutshuru)kogi ne da ke gabashin Jamhuriyar Dimokaradiyyar Kwango wanda ke magudanar da tafkin Mutanda a gindin tsaunin Virunga na kasar Uganda, yana gangarowa zuwa arewa zuwa tafkin Rutanzige (wato tabkin Edward).Yawancin tsawonsa yana bi ta yankin Rutsuru da ke lardin Kivu ta Arewa .

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Ana ɗaukar Rutsuru a matsayin tushen mafi girma na kogin Nilu.Tafkin Bunyonyi,mai tsayin ,kogin Kabirita daga Ruwanda ne ke ciyar da shi da kuma daga mawadata da yawa daga tsaunin da ke kewaye,wanda ya kai tsayin 

Tafkin Bunyoni yana magudanar ruwa zuwa cikin Famar Ruhuhuma a iyakar arewa.Gabashin wannan fadamar yana magudanar ruwa zuwa saman kogin Ishasha,yayin da bangaren yamma ke magudawa zuwa tafkin Mutanda a wani tsayin daka na .

Tafkin Mutanda yana fitowa daga kusurwar kudu maso yamma ta cikin kogin Kako da Tshengere Fama zuwa cikin Rutshuru.

A wani lokaci, abin da yake yanzu tafkin Kivu yana cikin magudanar ruwa na kogin Rutsuru.Ƙarshen wutar lantarki a ƙarshen zamanin Pliocene ya haifar da tsaunin Virunga, tare da toshe wannan ɓangaren magudanar ruwa. Ruwan ya tashi a cikin rafin ya zama tafkin Kivu,daga ƙarshe ya watse a ƙarshen kudanci ya malala zuwa tafkin Tanganyika.

A cikin ƙananan ƙananansa,kogin yana gudana ta tsakiyar sashin Virunga National Park .

Kogunan Rutshuru,Rwindi da Ishasha sun zama fadama da ciyayi a kudancin tafkin Rutanzige.

Kogin gida ne ga garken hippopotami.Tun daga 2007,akwai kimanin hippopotami 115 a kowace kilomita na savannah da ciyawar ciyawa tare da kogin Rutsuru. 

An yi ta tattaunawa game da damke kogin,wanda zai yi tasiri sosai a cikin dausayin kogin.

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