Kagera River

Kagera River

river

Mouth of the watercourse	Lake Victoria
Tributary	Nyabarongo River, Rurubu River
Lake for watercourse top	Lake Victoria
Drainage basin	Nile basin
Country	Burundi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda
Coordinate location	0°56′41″S 31°46′36″E, 2°23′24″S 30°46′50″E, 0°56′41″S 31°46′36″E

Informal Cross-border Trade - River Kagera.

De Kagera River, dem sanso know as Akagera River, anaa Alexandra Nile, be an East African river, wey dey form part of de upper headwaters of de Nile den dey carry water from ein most distant source. Plus a total length of 597 km (371 mi) from ein source dey locate insyd Lake Rweru insyd Rwanda.

De section of river dem name Kagera dey begin insyd Burundi, wey dey flow out from Lake Rweru. From de lake, e dey flow east along de Rwanda-Burundi den Rwanda-Tanzania borders to a confluence plus de Ruvubu River. De waters of de Kagera thus be provided by two major tributaries, de Nyabarongo of Rwanda, wich dey feed Lake Rweru, den de Ruvubu of Burundi. E be unknown wich of dese two feeder rivers be de longer den hence de ultimate source of de Nile. From de confluence, de Kagera dey flow north along de Rwanda-Tanzania border, over Rusumo Falls den thru Akagera National Park. E then dey take a turn to de east, wey dey follow de Tanzania-Uganda border den dey empty into Lake Victoria insyd Uganda. Insyd 1898, Richard Kandt be de first European to reach de source of de Kagera.

Geography

De Kagera dey rise insyd Burundi den dey flow into Lake Victoria. E be de largest single inflow into de lake, wey dey contribute approximately 6.4 billion cubic metres of water a year (about 28 per cent of de lake ein outflow). De Kagera be formed by de confluence of de Ruvuvu den de Nyabarongo, close to de northernmost point of Lake Tanganyika. E dey form parts of de Burundi–Tanzania, Rwanda–Tanzania, Burundi–Rwanda, den Tanzania–Uganda borders. E dey lend ein name to Akagera National Park insyd northern Rwanda, as well as to de Kagera Region of Tanzania. On de river be de Rusumo Falls, an important crossing point between Rwanda den Tanzania. E be near de town of Rusumo.

Fish

De Kagera River basin be rich insyd fish. As of 2001, na der be at least 55 species dem know from de Rwandan section alone den de actual number b likely higher. Seven additional species be documented insyd oda surveys. Additionally, der be at least 15 undescribed species of haplochromine cichlids wey be endemic to sam of de lakes insyd de upper parts of de river basin. Secof de chaw waterfalls den rapids, de various sections of de Kagera River basin be clearly separated, wey dey make movements by fish between dem difficult anaa even impossible.

One species dem know to have inhabited de basin, namely Labeobarbus microbarbis, now be considered extinct.

External links

• Dumont, Henri J. (2009). The Nile: Origin, Environments, Limnology and Human Use. Springer. ISBN 978-1-4020-9725-6.
• January, Brendan (2007). Genocide: modern crimes against humanity. Twenty-First Century Books. p. 83. ISBN 978-0-7613-3421-7.
• Rangeley, Robert (1994). International river basin organizations in sub-Saharan Africa. World Bank Publications. ISBN 0-8213-2871-9.