Kinyankuru River
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| Kinyankuru River | |
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| Native name | Rivière Kinyankuru (French) |
| Location | |
| Country | Burundi |
| Provinces | Ngozi, Karuzi, Muyinga, Kayanza |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | Nyamuswaga River |
| • location | Muyinga Province |
| • coordinates | 2°44′6″S 30°11′32″E / 2.73500°S 30.19222°E |
| • elevation | 1,711 m (5,614 ft) |
| Mouth | Rurubu River |
• location | Between Gitega, Ngozi, and Karuzi provinces |
• coordinates | 3°05′09″S 29°55′35″E / 3.08583°S 29.92639°E |
• elevation | 1,509 m (4,951 ft) |
| Length | 66.7 km (41.4 mi)[1] |
| Basin size | 1,043.1 km2 (402.7 sq mi)[1] |
| Discharge | |
| • location | Mouth[1] |
| • average | 8.64 m3 (305.0 cu ft) |
| • minimum | 2.56 m3 (90.55 cu ft) |
| • maximum | 19.76 m3 (697.7 cu ft) |
| Basin features | |
| Progression | Rurubu → Kagera → Lake Victoria → White Nile → Nile |
| Population | 752,000[2] |
| Tributaries | |
| • left | Nyamuswaga, Nyabusyo |
| • right | Nyacijima, Nyakagezi |
The Kinyankuru River (French: Rivière Kinyankuru) is a river in Burundi, a tributary of the Rurubu River.
The Kinyankuru River is a major tributary of the Rurubu River.[3] It collects runoff from the central and south communes of Ngozi Province: Gashikanwa, Kiremba, Ngozi, Ruhororo and Tangara.[4]
The Kinyankuru forms to the southeast of the town of Ngozi, where the Nyacijima River and Nyamuswaga River converge in an area of swamps that is drained by the Kinyankuru. Further south it is joined from the right (west) by the Nyakagezi River.[5] The river runs between the Kimerejana and Rimiro collines in the Commune of Ruhororo, Ngozi Province.[6] The Nyabusyo River joins the river from the left further down.[7] It flows into the Ruvubu at the southern tip of Ngozi province.[4]
Environment
The surroundings of Kinyankuru are a mosaic of agricultural land and natural vegetation.[8] Around Kinyankuru The area is densely populated, with 331 inhabitants per square kilometer as of 2016.[9] The average annual temperature in the area is 20 °C (68 °F). The warmest month is September, when the average temperature is 22 °C (72 °F), and the coldest is April, with 18 °C (64 °F).[10] Average annual rainfall is 1,149 millimetres (45.2 in). The wettest month is December, with an average of 175 millimetres (6.9 in) of precipitation, and the driest is July, with 1 millimetre (0.039 in) of precipitation.[11]
Marshes
As of 2009 the marshes along the river were almost entirely exploited for farming, including the buffer zones that were meant to regulate the water levels.[12] There were two unmanaged marshes on the Kinyankuru In Ngozi Province as of 2014: 220 hectares (540 acres) in the Commune of Gashikanwa and 564 hectares (1,390 acres) in the Commune of Ruhororo.[13] There was an unmanaged marsh on the Kinyankuru in Karuzi Province of 38 hectares (94 acres) in the Commune of Gihogazi.[14]