基伍湖(盧旺達語:Ikiyaga cya Kivu;林格拉語:Etímá Kivu)位於東非大裂谷西支,為剛果民主共和國與盧旺達的界湖。由斷層陷落而成,海拔1460米。南北長96千米,東西寬48.3千米,面積2700平方千米,為非洲第八大湖。平均水深240米,最大水深489米。湖水注入魯濟濟河,再向南流入坦干伊喀湖,湖口建有穆魯魯水電站。隨深度增加湖水礦化度和密度逐漸增大,湖底的大量水生植物殘骸因缺氧發酵而產生大量天然氣,在深水的壓力下溶解在湖水中,儲量約550億立方米。湖的北面是維龍加火山群。[1]
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