Zigi River also known as Sigi River (Swahili: Mto Sigi ), is a river in located in east

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. The river rises in the Amani Nature Reserve in the east

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, more precisely in Handei Mountains, at an altitude of 1130 meters and flows for 100 km in a long course and multiple changes of direction to its mouth 40 km north of the town of

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in the

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. Its tributaries are the Kihuhui (from south) and the Musi (from North). Sigi River 2

Hydrometrie

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References

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