Kabuyenge River ( French : Rivière Kabuyenge ; 2°31′28″S 30°20′05″E / 2.52450°S 30.33463°E / -2.52450; 30.33463 ) is a river in the northwest of Kirundo Province , Burundi.
7-790: The main tributary of the Kabuyenge River, the Kaduduri River , forms where the Rubirizi River is joined from the left by the Mirwa River. The Kabuyenge River forms where the Nyabiho River from the left (west) joins the Kaduduri River from the right (east). The Kabuyenge flows in a generally north-northeast direction. After being joined from the left by the Gahahe River, the combined stream
14-674: A tributary of Lake Kanzigiri . The Nduruma River forms to the north of Tongo colline in the Commune of Gitobe , where the Mukabagabaga River and Ntimba River converge. It flows northeast past Gitobe, parallel to the RP62 highway. The lower part of the Nduruma River forms the boundary between the Commune of Gitobe and Commune of Busoni . In its lower marshes, between the Shore and Buringa collines,
21-511: Is called the Gacucu River , a right tributary of the Kanzigiri River . The surroundings of Kabuyenge are mainly savannah. The area is densely populated, with 319 inhabitants per square kilometer. Savannah climate prevails in the area. The average annual temperature in the area is 20 °C (68 °F). The warmest month is August, when the average temperature is 24 °C (75 °F), and
28-410: The coldest is January, with 18 °C (64 °F). Average annual rainfall is 1,170 millimetres (46 in). The wettest month is March, with an average of 178 millimetres (7.0 in) of precipitation , and the driest is July, with 1 millimetre (0.039 in) of precipitation. The Kabuyenge marsh lies on the boundary between the Commune of Busoni and the Commune of Bwambarangwe , and is north of
35-527: The local people to use swampy areas for crops such as rice, sorghum , bananas and colocasia . There were rice crops upstream and downstream in the Kabanga and Kabuyenge marshes. The buffer zone of the Kabuyenge marsh was being destroyed over a length of about 100 metres (330 ft). Kanzigiri River Nduruma River ( French : Rivière Nduruma ) is a river in the northeast of Kirundo Province , Burundi,
42-517: The river takes the name Kanzigiri River , which converges with the Gacucu River marshes and feeds the south end of Lake Kanzigiri . A closer look at the 1994 map shows that Lake Cohoha is fed by the Rugamura River , which has a tributary named Nduruma. This Nduruma has a tributary named Gasuga, which forms not far from an unnamed tributary to the main Nduruma River. The Rurata River that feeds
49-509: The town of Mukenke . The Köppen climate classification is Aw: Tropical savanna, wet. The Kabuyenge Marsh and the Kabanga Marsh maintain the hydrological balance of Lake Kanzigiri . The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) had developed buffer zones around each of these marshes. Clay is extracted from the Kabuyenge marsh by some households to make bricks for construction. A 2005 report stated that recent drought had forced
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