Mount Kikizi

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Mount Kikizi is one of the highest mountains in Burundi. Its summit is at a height of 2,145 m (7,038 ft). The mountain stands in the country's southeast, between the towns of Rutana and Kinyinya.{{cite book|last1=Fitzpatrick|first1=M|last2=Parkinson|first2=T|last3=Ray|first3=N|title=East Africa|date=2006|publisher=Lonely Planet|location=Footscray, Victoria|isbn=9781741042863|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/lonelyplaneteast00mary}}

A spring emanating from Mount Kikizi, the Ruvyironza, was identified by Burkhart Waldecker as being the source of the White Nile.{{cite book|title=Traveler's Guide to the Belgian Congo and Ruanda-Urundi|date=1956|publisher=Tourist Bureau for the Belgian Congo and Ruanda-Urundi|page=72|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5T0UAAAAIAAJ}}{{cite book|last1=Mugoti|first1=Godfrey|title=Africa (a-z).|date=2009|publisher=Lulu.com|isbn=9781435728905|page=81|url={{Google books|Plvuddy_4NYC|page=81|keywords=Ruvyironza|text=|plainurl=y}}|language=en}}{{Self-published inline|date=December 2017}}

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