Kabuyenge River () is a river in the northwest of
Kirundo Province
Kirundo Province is one of the eighteen provinces of Burundi, in north of the country bordering Rwanda.
The economy is mostly based on agriculture, with a dispersed population and few sizable communities.
Before 1970 large parts of the province we ...
, Burundi.
Course
The main tributary of the Kabuyenge River, the Kaduduri River, forms where the Rubirizi River is joined from the left by the Mirwa River.
The Kabuyenge River forms where the Nyabiho River from the left (west) joins the Kaduduri River from the right (east).
The Kabuyenge flows in a generally north-northeast direction.
After being joined from the left by the Gahahe River, the combined stream is called the Gacucu River, a right tributary of the
Kanzigiri River.
Environment
The surroundings of Kabuyenge are mainly savannah.
The area is densely populated, with 319 inhabitants per square kilometer.
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 March, with an average of of precipitation, and the driest is July, with of precipitation.
Marsh
The Kabuyenge marsh lies on the boundary between the
Commune of Busoni and the
Commune of Bwambarangwe, and is north of the town of
Mukenke.
The
Köppen climate classification
The Köppen climate classification divides Earth climates into five main climate groups, with each group being divided based on patterns of seasonal precipitation and temperature. The five main groups are ''A'' (tropical), ''B'' (arid), ''C'' (te ...
is Aw: Tropical savanna, wet. The Kabuyenge Marsh and the
Kabanga Marsh maintain the hydrological balance of
Lake Kanzigiri.
The United Nations
Food and Agriculture Organization
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations; . (FAO) is a specialized agency of the United Nations that leads international efforts to defeat hunger and improve nutrition and food security. Its Latin motto, , translates ...
(FAO) had developed buffer zones around each of these marshes.
Clay is extracted from the Kabuyenge marsh by some households to make bricks for construction.
A 2005 report stated that recent drought had forced the local people to use swampy areas for crops such as rice,
sorghum
''Sorghum bicolor'', commonly called sorghum () and also known as great millet, broomcorn, guinea corn, durra, imphee, jowar, or milo, is a species in the Poaceae, grass genus ''Sorghum (genus), Sorghum'' cultivated for its grain. The grain i ...
, bananas and
colocasia
''Colocasia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Araceae, native to Southeast Asia and the Indian subcontinent. Some species are widely cultivated and naturalized in other tropical and subtropical regions.
The names elephant-ear and ...
.
There were rice crops upstream and downstream in the Kabanga and Kabuyenge marshes.
The buffer zone of the Kabuyenge marsh was being destroyed over a length of about .
See also
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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 las ...
Notes
References
Sources
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* Temperature data from satellite measurements of the earth's surface temperature within a box that is 0,1×0,1 grader.
* Average value for the years 2012–2014 within a box that is0,1×0,1 grader.
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Marshes of Kirundo Province