Physical Geography
Burundi occupies an area equal to 27,830 square kilometres (10,750 sq mi) in size, of which 25,650 square kilometres (9,900 sq mi) is land. The country has 974 kilometres (605 mi) of land border: 233 kilometres (145 mi) of which is shared with the Democratic Republic of the Congo, 290 kilometres (180 mi) with Rwanda and 451 kilometres (280 mi) with Tanzania. As a landlocked country, Burundi possesses no coastline, although it straddles the crest of the Nile-Congo River watershed. The farthest headwaters of the Nile, the Ruvyironza River, has its source in Burundi.
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