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Jiji River
The Jiji River () is a river in Burundi. Course The Jiji River rises in the east of Bururi Province near Ruvuye. It flows east, then north, then flows west, parallel to the Siguvyaye River to its south, to its mouth on the Murembwe River. The river defines the northeast tip of the Bururi Forest Nature Reserve. Environment The surroundings of the Jiji river are a mosaic of farmland and natural vegetation. The area is quite densely populated, with 166 inhabitants per square kilometer as of 2016. The average annual temperature in the area is . The warmest month is September, when the average temperature is , and the coldest is January, with . Average annual rainfall is . The rainiest month is December, with an average of of precipitation, and the driest is July, with of precipitation. Dam In 2013 the Burundian government start a project to build hydroelectric dams on the Jiji and Murembwe rivers. Work began in 2020 after seven years of study. Alain-Guillaume Bunyoni, prime mini ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bururi Province
Bururi Province is one of the eighteen provinces of Burundi, provinces of Burundi. It was formerly Burundi's largest province until the communes of Commune of Burambi, Burambi, Commune of Buyengero, Buyengero and Commune of Rumonge, Rumonge were transferred to the province of Rumonge Province, Rumonge when it was created in 2015. Location Bururi Province is in the southeast of Burundi. It looks over Lake Tanganyika to the west. It is south of Bujumbura Rural Province and Mwaro Province, west of Gitega Province and Rutana Province, and north of Makamba Province. The west coastal strip is in the Imbo natural region. Further inland it covers part of the Mumirwa natural region, Mugamba natural region and Bututsi natural region. Overview Bururi Province was created on 26 September 1960 as part of national political and administrative reforms initiated by the Belgian colonial administration in Ruanda-Urundi. Burundi became independent in 1962 and the province was retained in the new n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Murembwe River
The Murembwe River () is a river in Burundi. Course The Murembwe watershed covers . The river rises in the east of Rumonge Province and flows southwest and then southeast. It is joined from the east (left) by the Jiji River, which flows west to the north of the Bururi Forest Nature Reserve, and lower down by the Siguvyaye River. For most of its length, down to the point where it is joined by the Siguvyaye River, it defines the boundary between Rumonge Province and Bururi Province. From there it flows southeast to enter Lake Tanganyika after flowing through the palm plantations to the south of the city of Rumonge. The river is polluted by palm oil production, coffee washing and household waste. Consumption of the river water causes cholera. Flooding In April 2018 the Murembwe River Valley flooded and the crops were submerged, apart from oil palms. Some of the farmers were facing starvation. Floods in the rainy season had become common. Building levees along the river could help, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Siguvyaye River
The Siguvyaye River () is a river in Burundi. Course The Siguvyaye River rises near Nyagatovu in southern Bururi Province, and flows east–west through that province for its entire length. After passing south of the city of Bururi it flows through the southern end of the Bururi Forest Nature Reserve. The Bururi forest is very humid, with plentiful ''Newtonia buchananii'' and ''Carapa grandiflora'' in the lower parts of the Siguvyaye River valley below . The waterfalls of the river and the beautiful surrounding landscapes are potential tourist attractions. However, tourists do not know about the waterfalls in part because of their inaccessibility, and in part because of lack of publicity. Further down, the Siguvyaye River powers the Nyemanga Hydroelectric Power Station. The dam is maintained by water from the Bururi forest. The lowest section of the river forms the boundary between Bururi Province to the north and Rumonge Province to the south. At its mouth, the Siguvyaye Riv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bururi Forest Nature Reserve
Bururi Forest Nature Reserve () is a nature reserve in southwestern Burundi. Created in 1951, it is designated a wilderness area (IUCN protected area category Ib). Its area is 33 km. It is managed by the Institute National pour l’ Environment et la Conservation de la nature (INECN). The annual rainfall is from 1200mm to 2400mm. There are 93 species of trees in the Bururi Forest, with '' Strombosia'' and '' Myrianthus'' spp. dominant and ''Tabernaemontana'', '' Newtonia'', and ''Entandrophragma ''Entandrophragma'' is a genus of eleven known species of deciduous trees in the family Meliaceae. Description ''Entandrophragma'' is restricted to tropical Africa.Entandrophragma C. DC. in Bull. Herb. Boissier 2:582 t.21 (1894) At least some ...'' spp. also common. 87 bird species have also been registered, including '' Apalis argentea'' which is common in some areas. The Siguvyaye River flows through the southern end of the reserve. The waterfalls of the river and the be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alain-Guillaume Bunyoni
Alain-Guillaume Bunyoni (born 23 April 1972) is a Burundian politician who was Prime Minister of Burundi from 24 June 2020 to 7 September 2022. Before that, from 2015 until 2020, he served as Minister of Internal Security in the Cabinet of Burundi. Background and education Bunyoni was born on 23 April 1972 in the commune of Kanyosha, in Bujumbura Mairie Province. He was educated at the University of Burundi. He graduated and appeared on the list of graduates in 1994, but he did not attend the ceremony. Instead, he joined the fighting that broke out, following the assassination of President Melchior Ndadaye. He was a member of the Forces for the Defense of Democracy fighting force. Political career In 2003, the National Council for the Defense of Democracy – Forces for the Defense of Democracy political coalition reached a ceasefire with the other combatants in the Burundian Civil War. From 2004 until 2005, Bunyoni served as the equivalent of the Inspector General of the ne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jiji Murembwe Hydroelectric Power Station
The Jiji and Murembwe Hydroelectric Project (, PHJIMU) is an project to build two hydroelectric power stations with shared infrastructure in the Bururi Province of Burundi. Components The project is being undertaken for REGIDESO Burundi, part of the Ministry of Hydraulics, Energy and Mines. It includes building two run-of the river hydroelectric power plants in the Songa Commune of Bururi Province and the Buyengero Commune of Rumonge Province, in southern Burundi. Contractors include CMC (Italy), ORASCOM (Egypt), KEC International (India) for the transmission lines and VINCI (France) for the associated stations. Jiji Hydroelectric Power Plant The Jiji Hydroelectric Power Plant on the Jiji River will exploit a head height of with a capacity of 32.5 MW. The Jiji hydroelectric power station is near the point where the Jiji River joins the Murembwe River. The Jiji dam is upstream, directing water along a supply conduit to a tunnel which leads to the forebay. From there a pensto ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
REGIDESO Burundi
REGIDESO Burundi (, Burundi Water and Electricity Production and Distribution Authority) is a state-owned water and power distribution company in Burundi. Mandate REGIDESO has the mission of capture, treatment and distribution of water; of production and distribution of electricity; and of marketing these products in urban centers and other locations specified by the board of directors. REGIDESO undertakes, or subcontracts, studies and works needed to achieve this mission. REGIDESO is supervised by the Ministry responsible for Energy and Mines, which reviews and approves decisions taken by the board of directors. Power generation and supply As of 2008 REGIDESO supplied most of the country's electricity from seven hydroelectric power plants, with a total installed capacity of 30.6 MW. Rwegura (18MW) and Mugere (8 MW) between them provided 85% of the domestic power supply. REGIDESO operated and controlled all the thermal power stations in Burundi, and also ran various small hydr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Rivers Of Burundi
This list of rivers in Burundi is a partial list of the larger rivers, arranged by drainage basin, with tributaries indented under each parent stream's name. The coordinates given for each river are those of the mouth, if in Burundi, or of the last point in Burundi if the river flows into Rwanda or Tanzania. Lake Victoria Lake Victoria drains through the Victoria Nile, White Nile and Nile into the Mediterranean Sea. The Burundi portion of the Lake Victoria Basin drains via the Kagera River (), through its tributaries the Akanyaru River in the west, Lake Rweru in the north, and the Rurubu River in the center and east of Burundi. Akanyaru basin The Akanyaru River, which leaves Burundi at , defines the border between northern Burundi to the east and southern Rwanda to the west. It joins the Nyabarongo River in Rwanda, a tributary of the Kagera River. Right tributaries flowing from Burundi include: * Mwogere River * Kayava River * Buyongwe River * Ndurumu River * Nyavyamo Ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rivers Of Burundi
A river is a natural stream of fresh water that flows on land or inside caves towards another body of water at a lower elevation, such as an ocean, lake, or another river. A river may run dry before reaching the end of its course if it runs out of water, or only flow during certain seasons. Rivers are regulated by the water cycle, the processes by which water moves around the Earth. Water first enters rivers through precipitation, whether from rainfall, the runoff of water down a slope, the melting of glaciers or snow, or seepage from aquifers beneath the surface of the Earth. Rivers flow in channeled watercourses and merge in confluences to form drainage basins, or catchments, areas where surface water eventually flows to a common outlet. Rivers have a great effect on the landscape around them. They may regularly overflow their banks and flood the surrounding area, spreading nutrients to the surrounding area. Sediment or alluvium carried by rivers shapes the landscape ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
