Ulanga River
| Mouth of the watercourse | Rufiji River  |
|---|---|
| Country | Tanzania |
| Edey de administrative territorial entity insyd | Morogoro Region |
| Coordinate location | 8°31′17″S 37°20′33″E, 8°31′0″S 37°22′0″E |
De Ulanga River, dem sanso know as de Kilombero River, dey rise insyd de highlands of de southwest of Morogoro Region, Tanzania, on de eastern slope of de East African Rift. De river dey flow northeast along de northeastern border of de Lindi Region before e dey flow into de Rufiji River. De Rufiji eventually dey flow into de Indian Ocean on de southern coast of de Pwani Region.
Geology
[edit | edit source]De Ulanga Valley be an intact natural wetland ecosystem wey dey comprise myriad rivers, wich dey make up de largest seasonally freshwater lowland floodplain insyd East Africa. De Ulanga River dey supply two thirds of de Rufiji waters.[1]
History
[edit | edit source]Dey start insyd 1885, Karl Peters begin dey claim areas of East Africa give Germany. De Tanganyikan coast prove relatively easy, buh conquest of de inland areas of de colony—right up to de Belgian Congo—na e be more difficult as large parts still be unexplored. For dis reason, Governor Gustav Adolf von Götzen lead an expedition to claim dese hinterlands. He take plus am Georg von Prittwitz den Hermann Kersting.[2][3][4]
Political den economic
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De Ulanga River dey form de boundary between de Ulanga District den Kilombero District of de Morogoro Region insyd de southeast of Tanzania.
De majority of de villagers insyd de Ulanga Valley be subsistence farmers of maize den rice, though chaw dey make a living fishing. Der be large plantations of teak wood insyd de Ulanga valley. Insyd de north-west of de district, Illovo Sugar Company ein sugar-cane plantations dey occupy chaw of de lowlying area.[5][6][7]
Wildlife
[edit | edit source]De Ulanga Valley be characterized by ein large populations of large mammals such as de buffalo, elephant, hippopotamus, lion, den puku. De majority of de world population of puku antelopes dey live insyd de Ulanga Valley. De valley be home to one of de largest populations of Nile crocodile insyd Africa wey e be an important breeding ground give bird species such as de African openbill, white-headed lapwing, den de African skimmer. De valley be home to a number of species dem find der per, such as de Udzungwa red colobus monkey den three species of birds, de Ulanga weaver den two undescribed species of cisticolas.[1][8][9][10][11][12][13]
Cultural references
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De eponymous boat insyd C.S. Forester ein novel The African Queen (1935) den ein subsequent film adaptation (1951) be a steam-powered launch, wey a Belgian mining corporation own, wey plied de upper reaches of de Ulanga River.
De German animal painter Friedrich Wilhelm Kuhnert depict de river insyd ein 1898 painting The Gallery of Trees Ulanga River.
References
[edit | edit source]- 1 2 "Information Sheet on Ramsar Wetlands" (PDF). Wetlands International. Dar es Salaam: United Republic of Tanzania, Director of Wildlife, Wildlife Division, Ministry of Natural resources and Tourism. 2002-06-19. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-06-22. Retrieved 2010-05-15.
- ↑ Gustav Adolf von Götzen (1895). Durch Afrika von Ost nach West. Berlin: D. Reimer. p. 1.
Gustav Adolf von Götzen.
- ↑ Deutsch-Ostafrika im Aufstand 1905/06. Berlin. 1909.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ↑ Reinhart Bindseil (1992). Ruanda im Lebensbild des Offiziers, Afrikaforschers und Kaiserlichen Gouverneurs Gustav Adolf Graf von Götzen (1866—1910). Mit einem Abriss über die zeitgenössischen Forschungsreisenden Franz Stuhlmann, Oscar Baumann, Richard Kandt, Adolf Friedrich Herzog zu Mecklenburg und Hans Meyer. Berlin. ISBN 3-496-00427-4.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ↑ Corti, Graham, Fanning, Eibleis, Hinde, Roy, and Jenkins, Richard, 1999.
- ↑ Hinde, R., Corti, G., Fanning, E., & Jenkins, R., 1999a, A conservation assessment of large mammal use of miombo woodland, evergreen forest and a teak plantation in the Ulanga Valley, Tanzania, Frontier Tanzania Savanna Research Programme, Technical Report No. 2.
- ↑ Jenkins R., Roettcher, K, Corti, G & Fanning, E, 2000a, Large mammals and teak plantations in the Ulanga Valley, Annual Report, unpublished, Frontier Tanzania, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.
- ↑ Games I., & Severre E. L. M., 1999, Tanzanian crocodile survey, October 1999, A report to the Director of Wildlife, Tanzania
- ↑ Dinesen, L., Lehmberg, T., Rahner, M. & Fjeldsa, J. 2001.
- ↑ Stattersfield, A. J., Crowby, M.J., long, A. J., Wege, D. C. 1998.
- ↑ Baker, N. 1996.
- ↑ Jenkins, R, Roettcher, K, Corti, G & Fanning, E, 2000b, The Ulanga River Fishery, Annual Report, unpublished, Frontier Tanzania, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.
- ↑ Rainey, H., Birnie, N., Cameron, A., Mwangomo, E., Starkey, M. 2000.
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