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Rwanda Terrain
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mostly grassy uplands and hills; relief is mountainous with altitude declining from west to east.
Resources
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gold, cassiterite (tin ore), wolframite (tungsten ore), methane, hydropower, arable land.
Natural Hazards
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periodic droughts; the volcanic Virunga mountains are in the northwest along the border with Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Population
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9,907,509 note: estimates for this country explicitly take into account the effects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lower life expectancy, higher infant mortality and death rates, lower population and growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July 2007 est.).
