Ikiyaga cya Kwaniya kibarizwa mu turere twa Lira, Apac na Amolatar mu karere ka Nyaruguru ka Uganda . [1] Ni igice cy'igishanga kinini kiri hafi ya Nili Yera hagati y'Ikiyaga cya Victoriua n'ikiyaga cya Albert . Igishanga kirimo ikiyaga cya Kwaniya, ikiyaga kinini cya Kayoga, n’indi mibiri y’amazi n’ibishanga, gifite metero care 3,420 y'amazi afukuye na 2,180 y'ibishanga bihoraho. Muri rusange, ikiyaga cya Kwaniya gifite kirometero kare 540, hafi 16 ku ijana, y'amazi afukuye.
Ikiyaga kiroba kuri Nil tilapia na Nil perch, cyinjije amoko yatumye igabanuka ry’amafi kavukire nyuma ya 1950. Mu mpera za 1960, ubwoko bwamenyekanye bugizwe na 80 ijanisha ry'ubucuruzi buva mu kiyaga cya Kyoga, umuturanyi wa Kwania. Nubwo imidugararo mu baturage, kuroba cyane, no kwanduza hyacint y'amazi (nyuma yaje kugenzurwa) rimwe na rimwe byagabanyaga uburobyi, mu myaka ya za 90 rwagati mu kiyaga cya Kwania cyari gifite ahantu 34 hamanuka kandi amato y’ubwato bugera ku 1.500 bukoreshwa n’abarobyi bagera ku 4500. [2]
Ibitanda bya papirusi bizenguruka ibiyaga kandi biganje mu bishanga bikikije. Ibice by'ibi bitanda biva ku nkombe bigahinduka ibirwa bireremba. Ibimera bitandukanye byo mu mazi bikura cyane no mu biyaga. Ibyatsi n'ibiti biboneka mu bice by'amazi adakunze kurengerwa n'amazi.
Inyamaswa z’inyamabere zikunze kugaragara muri iki kiyaga zirimo ayo muri Afurika idafite marongo mongose, imvubu, imitsi yizosi ryizuru, na sitatunga. Ingona, zahigwaga hafi yo kuzimira hafi y'ibiyaga, ni gake. Usibye amafi yatangijwe na Nil yiganje mu biyaga, amoko kavukire harimo na Victoriya, nayo atuye muri ayo mazi.