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Mutimbuzi River
The Mutimbuzi River () is a river in Bujumbura Rural Province, Burundi. Watershed The Mutimbuzi River watershed is north of the city of Bujumbura between 3°12’00" and 3°24’30" South latitude and 29°19’00" and 29°34’00" East longitude. Although the Mutimbuzi River is a tributary of Lake Tanganyika, it drains part of the Ruzizi plain. The watershed includes parts of three ecoclimatic regions: the Imbo plain, the Mumirwa foothills and the Congo-Nile ridge. Altitudes range from . The upper watershed is in a mountainous massif with steep slopes. Lower down it is in the Mumirwa foothills. The downstream part in the Imbo Plain has V-shaped valley with low slopes, and is most exposed to the risk of flooding. Average temperatures range from over in the Imbo Plain to on the Congo-Nile ridge. Average annual rainfall ranges from in the Imbo plain to on the Congo-Nile ridge. The rainy season generally extends from October to May and the dry season goes from June to Se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bujumbura Rural Province
Bujumbura Rural Province is one of the eighteen provinces of Burundi. Former President Cyprien Ntaryamira was born here. It surrounds the former national capital Bujumbura and its provincial capital is Isale (commune), Isale. Location Bujumbura Rural Province is in the east of Burundi, to the east and north of Lake Tanganyika. In the northeast it borders the Democratic Republic of the Congo. To the north it borders Bubanza Province, to east it borders Muramvya Province and Mwaro Province, and to the south it borders Bururi Province. It encloses Bujumbura Mairie Province around the northwest corner of Lake Tanganyika. In the west it is in the Imbo natural region. The center is in the Mumirwa natural region and the east in the Mugamba natural region. Communes Bujumbura Rural Province administers nine communes: * Commune of Isale * Commune of Kabezi * Commune of Kanyosha * Commune of Mubimbi * Mugongo-Manga, Commune of Mugongomanga * Commune of Mukike * Commune of Mutambu * Commun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mpanda River
The Mpanda River () is a river in Bubanza Province, Burundi. It is a tributary of the Ruzizi River. Course The Mpanda River and the Kajeke River are the only permanent tributaries of the Rusizi in its lower plain. The Mpanda rises near the crest of the Zaire-Nile ridge, and flows across the plain for about . About from the Rusizi it crosses an enormous expanse of marshes that connect to the Mutimbuzi River basin. The Mpanda rises in the Kibira National Park on the border between Muramvya Province and Bubanza Province. It flows west and then south-southwest through Bubanza Province past the towns of Mpanda and Murengeza, then flows southwest along the boundary between Bubanza Province and Bujumbura Rural Province. It defines the north end of the Melchior Ndadaye International Airport, then joins the Ruzizi River just north of its mouth on Lake Tanganyika. The Mpanda is up to wide and deep. In dry periods the flow may be only , but it can become a torrent in flood periods. ... [...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] |
Ntahangwa River
The Ntahangwa River is a river in Burundi that flows through the city of Bujumbura.. Course The river forms in the east of Bujumbura Rural Province and flows in a generally east–west direction into Bujumbura Mairie Province and the city of Bujumbura, where it enters Lake Tanganyika. Environment The area around the river is very densely populated, with 1,956 inhabitants per square kilometer as of 2016. Savannah climate prevails in the area. The average annual temperature in the area is . The warmest month is August, when the average temperature is , and the coldest is January, with . Average annual rainfall is . The wettest month is December, with an average of of precipitation, and the driest is July, with of precipitation. Issues and events In 1983 and 1986 the Ntahangwa River flooded the northwest of Bujumbura. Houses were destroyed in the Buyenzi quarter, and damage was done to the stocks of SEP, COGERCO, RAFINA and the Port of Bujumbura. The Ntahangwa River is the mo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kanyosha River
The Kanyosha River () is a river in Burundi that flows through the south of Bujumbura. Erosion of the banks is a constant issue in the urban areas it passes through. Course The Kanyosha River rises in central Bujumbura Rural Province and flows west past Buhonga to enter the south of Bujumbura Mairie Province, where it flows through the Commune of Muha and Commune of Kanyosha to its mouth on Lake Tanganyika. Elevations in the watershed vary from . Landslides occur in about 3% of the area. Maintenance In 2020 Burundian Office of Urban Planning, Housing and Construction (OBUHA) banned commercial dredging of the Kanyosha, Muha, Ntahangwa, Mutimbuzi and other rivers of Bujumbura, since only OBUHA had the proper equipment for mechanical dredging, and manual dredging could not handle large rocks in the river bed. However, given lack of funding and the risk of floods, the agency soon allowed the cooperatives that did manual dredging to resume work. The cooperatives would pay OBUHA ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Muha River
The Muha River () is a river in Burundi that flows through the south of Bujumbura. There are many problems with flooding and erosion, aggravated by extraction of sand and gravel from the river for use in construction. Course The source of the Muha River is north of the Commune of Kanyosha in Bujumbura Rural Province at an altitude of . It flows east into Bujumbura Mairie Province and into the south of the city of Bujumbura through the Muha Commune to its mouth on Lake Tanganyika. The drainage basin covers . The course of the Muha is quite stable in its upper section. Around the elevation its bed becomes deeply embedded, with vertical banks about high. At the elevation the Muha flows in a bed about wide on each side with small meanders. The Gatoke ravine is on the right bank with a gabion at its entrance. The right bank at Gatoke was covered with stones in 2000, while the left bank was planted with old eucalyptus trees, although at the Muha camp some trees had recently be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Burundian Office Of Urban Planning, Housing And Construction
The Burundi Office of Urbanism, Housing and Construction (), or OBUHA, is a government agency based in Gitega, Burundi that is responsible for managing the development of urban housing. Creation OBUHA was created by presidential decree no 100/079 of 24 May 2019, which described its creation, missions, organization and functions. It is a legal entity with its own assets and financial autonomy, supervised by the Minister responsible for Urban Planning and Housing. OBUHA was formed by merging: * (Directorate General of Urbanism and Habitat: DGUH) * (National Laboratory of Buildings and Public Works: LNBTP) * (General Directorate of Construction: DGB) * (Municipal Technical Services Department: SETEMU) * (Supervision of Social Constructions and Land Development: ECOSAT) * (Public Real Estate Company: SIP) Roles OBUHA functions include: * Acquire and subdivide building spaces, and promote production of serviced plots * Identify sites for infrastructure, and facilitate connection of wat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bujumbura
Bujumbura (; ), formerly Usumbura, is the economic capital, largest city and main port of Burundi. It ships most of the country's chief export, coffee, as well as cotton and tin ore. Bujumbura was formerly the country's political capital. In late December 2018, Burundian president Pierre Nkurunziza announced that he would follow through on a 2007 promise to return Gitega its former political capital status, with Bujumbura remaining as economical capital and center of commerce. A vote in the Parliament of Burundi made the change official on 16 January 2019, with all branches of government expected to move to Gitega within three years. History Bujumbura grew from a small village after it became a military post in German East Africa in 1889. After World War I it was made the administrative center of the Belgium, Belgian League of Nations mandate of Ruanda-Urundi. The name was changed from Usumbura to Bujumbura when Burundi became independent in 1962. Since independence, Bujumbura ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Commune Of Buterere
Ntahangwa is a commune of Bujumbura Mairie Province in Burundi. It is named for the Ntahangwa River, which flows through the commune. See also * Communes of Burundi The Provinces of Burundi, provinces of Burundi are subdivided into 119 commune (subnational entity), communes. The communes are further subdivided into Collines of Burundi, collines. Burundi’s provinces and communes were created on Christmas ... References Communes of Burundi Bujumbura Mairie Province {{Burundi-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Melchior Ndadaye International Airport
Melchior Ndadaye International Airport is an airport in Bujumbura, the former capital of Burundi. It is Burundi's only international airport and the only one with a paved runway. History The airport was opened in 1952. On 1 July 2019, the airport was renamed Melchior Ndadaye International Airport after the first democratically elected president of Burundi who was murdered in a coup d'état in October 1993, three months after being elected. This event sparked the decade-long Burundian Civil War. Location The airport is in the extreme northwest of Bujumbura Mairie Province. It is bounded by Bujumbura Rural Province to the north and west, by the RN4 coastal highway running along the shore of Lake Tanganyika to the south, and by the Mutimbuzi River and the RN5 highway to the east. The Mpanda River, a tributary of the Ruzizi River, flows past the north end of the airport. In October 2018 the Burundi Civil Aviation Authority began dredging the Mutimbuzi River to prevent it from fl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ruzizi River
The Ruzizi (also sometimes spelled Rusizi, French language, French: ''Rivière Ruzizi''; Dutch language, Dutch: ''Ruzizi Rivier'') is a river, long, that flows from Lake Kivu to Lake Tanganyika in Central Africa, descending from about to about above sea level over its length. The steepest gradients occur over the first , where Hydroelectricity, hydroelectric dams have been built. Further downstream, the Ruzizi Plain, the floor of the Albertine Rift, Western Rift Valley, has gentle hills, and the river flows into Lake Tanganyika through a River delta, delta, with one or two small channels splitting off from the main channel. The Ruzizi is a young river, formed about 10,000 years ago when volcanism associated with continental rifting created the Virunga Mountains. The mountains blocked Lake Kivu's former outlet to the drainage basin of the Nile and instead forced the lake overflow south down the Ruzizi and the drainage basin of the Congo River, Congo. Course Along its upstream ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
