country murara
Africa is the ___MASK38___ ' s second - largest and second - most - populous continent . At about 30 . 3 million km² ( 11 . 7 million square miles ) including adjacent islands , it covers 6 % of Earth ' s total surface area and 20 . 4 % of its total land area . With 1 . 1 billion people as of 2013 , it accounts for about 15 % of the ___MASK38___ ' s human population . The continent is surrounded by the Mediterranean Sea to the north , both the Suez Canal and the Red Sea along the Sinai Peninsula to the northeast , the Indian Ocean to the southeast , and the ___MASK34___ to the west . The continent includes Madagascar and various archipelagos . It contains 54 fully recognized sovereign states ( countries ), nine territories and two " de facto " independent states with limited or no recognition . Murara was a small , short - lived , cinder cone on the flank of Mount Nyamuragira , that began erupting on December 23 , 1976 . Eruptions from Murara reduced considerably after the eruption of Mount Nyiragongo on January 10 , 1977 and ended completely in April 1977 . The ___MASK59___ , also known as DR Congo , DRC , DROC , East Congo , Congo - Kinshasa , or simply the Congo is a country located in Central Africa . From 1971 to 1997 it was named , and is sometimes still called Zaire , and from 1908 to 1960 it was called the Belgian Congo . The DRC borders the Central African Republic , and South Sudan to the north ; Uganda , Rwanda , Burundi and Tanzania to the east ; Zambia and Angola to the south ; the Republic of the Congo to the west and the Atlantic Ocean to the southwest . It is the second - largest country in Africa by area and eleventh largest in the world . With a population of over 80 million , the ___MASK59___ is the most populated officially Francophone country , the fourth most - populated nation in Africa and the eighteenth most populated country in the world . The Albertine Rift is the western branch of the East African Rift , covering parts of ___MASK89___ , the ___MASK59___ ( DRC ), Rwanda , Burundi and Tanzania . It extends from the northern end of Lake Albert to the southern end of Lake Tanganyika . The geographical term includes the valley and the surrounding mountains . Mount Nyiragongo is an active stratovolcano with an elevation of in the Virunga Mountains associated with the Albertine Rift . It is located inside Virunga National Park , in the ___MASK59___ , about north of the town of Goma and Lake Kivu and just west of the border with Rwanda . The main crater is about two kilometres wide and usually contains a lava lake . The crater presently has two distinct cooled lava benches within the crater walls - one at about and a lower one at about . Nyiragongo ' s lava lake has at times been the most voluminous known lava lake in recent history . The depth of the lava lake varies considerably . A maximum elevation of the lava lake was recorded at about prior to the January 1977 eruption - a lake depth of about . A recent very low elevation of the lava lake was recorded at about . Nyiragongo and nearby Nyamuragira are together responsible for 40 % of Africa ' s historical volcanic eruptions . Goma is a city in the eastern ___MASK59___ . It is located on the northern shore of Lake Kivu , next to the Rwandan city of Gisenyi . The lake and the two cities are in the Albertine Rift , the western branch of the East African Rift system . Goma lies only 13 to 18 km due south of the crater of the active Nyiragongo Volcano . The recent history of Goma has been dominated by the volcano and the Rwandan Genocide of 1994 , which in turn fuelled the First and Second Congo Wars . The aftermath of these events was still having effects on the city and its surroundings in 2010 . The city was captured by rebels during the M23 rebellion in late 2012 , but has since been retaken by government forces . The Virunga National Park , formerly named Albert National Park , is a National Park that stretches from the Virunga Mountains in the south , to the Rwenzori Mountains in the north , in the eastern ___MASK59___ , bordering Volcanoes National Park in Rwanda and Rwenzori Mountains National Park and Queen Elizabeth National Park in Uganda . Nyamuragira ( Derived from the Kinyarwanda verb ' Kuragira inka ', meaning to " herd cows "; Inka means " cow " or " cows ") is an active volcano in the Virunga Mountains of the ___MASK59___ , situated about 25 km north of Lake Kivu . The Virunga Mountains ( also known as Mufumbiro ) are a chain of volcanoes in East Africa , along the northern border of ___MASK67___ , the ___MASK59___ ( DRC ), and Uganda . The mountain range is a branch of the Albertine Rift Mountains , which border the western branch of the East African Rift . They are located between Lake Edward and Lake Kivu . The name " Virunga " is an English version of the Kinyarwanda word " ibirunga ", which means " volcanoes ". Lake Kivu is one of the African Great Lakes . It lies on the border between the ___MASK59___ and Rwanda , and is in the Albertine Rift , the western branch of the East African Rift . Lake Kivu empties into the Ruzizi River , which flows southwards into Lake Tanganyika . ___MASK67___ ( or ), officially the Republic of ___MASK67___ , is a sovereign state in central and east Africa and one of the smallest countries on the African mainland . Located a few degrees south of the Equator , ___MASK67___ is bordered by Uganda , Tanzania , Burundi and the ___MASK59___ . ___MASK67___ is in the African Great Lakes region and is highly elevated ; its geography is dominated by mountains in the west and savanna to the east , with numerous lakes throughout the country . The climate is temperate to subtropical , with two rainy seasons and two dry seasons each year .