The Mutsindozi River () is a river in southeastern Burundi, a tributary of the

Malagarasi River The Malagarasi River is a river in western Tanzania, flowing through Kigoma Region, although one of its tributaries comes from southeastern Burundi. The river also forms the western border of Tabora Region, the southern border of Kagera Region and ...

Course

The Mutsindozi River forms to the north of Muyaga on the border between Makamba Province to the south and

Rutana Province Rutana Province is one of the 18 provinces of Burundi. It contains the Kagera waterfalls, and the Nyakazu Fault. Location Rutana Province is in the southeast of Burundi and borders Tanzania to the east. Makamba Province is to the south, Bururi P ...

to the north. It flows east, defining this border, to its junction with the Malagarasi River on the border between Burundi and Tanzania. The river is in the Mosso-Malagarazi depression, which has forest galleries in wooded fringes along the watercourses.

Environment

The surroundings of the Mutsindozi River are mainly savannah forest. The area is quite densely populated, with 80 inhabitants per square kilometer as of 2016. The average annual temperature in the area is . The warmest month is August, when the average temperature is , and the coldest is April, with . Average annual rainfall is . The wettest month is March, with an average of of precipitation, and the driest is July, with of precipitation.

Marshes

The Mutsindozi-Malagarazi marsh subsystem is formed by two branches of the Mutsindozi River, flowing into the Malagarazi River. The first branch is that of the Kirombwe River which crosses a large papyrus grove in its lower course at the level of before flowing into the Malagarazi River. The marshes include the Kirombwe Marsh, Kumutongotongo Marsh and Rwabira Marsh. The Kayogoro Marshes are in the valley of the Buga Colline between the Kirombwe River, a tributary of the Mutsindozi, and the Malagarazi. The water of these rivers rises in the rainy season after October and floods the whole valley. When the water recedes in May, crops of rice, sweet potatoes, corn, peanuts, beans, onions and vegetables are grown in the marsh.

Sugar

The Mutsindozi River supplies water to the Moso sugar project in Rutana Province, which was included in Burundi's third five-year economic and social development plan in the early 1970s, but began construction in 1986. It is run by the Moso Sugar Company (

SOSUMO SOSUMO () is a company that grows and refines sugar in Burundi. Location The company operates in the Rutana Province in the southeast of Burundi. This is in the Moso natural region of Burundi. The area is fed by the Muyovozi River, Mutsindozi Riv ...

), founded in 1982. The project is in the Moso natural region.

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