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Rwanda’s country side is covered by grassland and small farms extending over rolling hills with areas of rugged mountains that extend southwest from a chain of volcanoes in the northeast. They divide between the Congo and Nile drainage systems extends from north to south through western Rwanda at an average elevation of almost 9.000 feet.
On the western slopes of this ridgeline, the land slopes abruptly toward lake kivu and the Ruzizi River valley, which forms the the western boundary with the democratic Republic of the Congo (formerly Zaire) and constitute part of the great Rift valley, with rolling hills extending across central uplands at gradually reducing altitudes, to the plains, swamps and lakes the eastern border region.
Although located only two degrees south of the equator, Rwanda’s high elevation makes the climate temperature, the average daily temperature near Lake Kivu at an altitude of 4.800 feet (1.463 meters) is 73°F or 230°C.
The Annual rainfall averages 80 centimetres (31 in).But it is generally heavier in the western and the North-western Mountains.
Rwanda is a small country which is landlocked but with its ideal climate to produce high quality Arabica coffee. The Rwandan farmers are hard working and are proud to present only the best coffee to his exporters.
The country has made strong efforts and investments over the past years in numerous washing stations assuring that the ripe coffee cherry is processed to the highest quality coffee.
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