The Rufiji River lies entirely within Tanzania. It is also the largest and longest river in the country. The river is formed by the confluence of the Kilombero and Luwegu rivers. It is approximately 600 kilometres (370 mi) long, with its source in southwestern Tanzania and its mouth on the Indian Ocean opposite Mafia Island across the Mafia Channel, in Pwani Region. Its principal tributary is the Great Ruaha River. It is navigable for approximately 100 kilometres (62 mi).
The Rufiji river is approximately 200 kilometres (120 mi) south of Dar es Salaam. The river's delta contains the largest mangrove forest in eastern Africa.[1]
^""Downstream and Coastal Impacts of Damming and Water Abstraction in Africa", Environmental Management, authored by Maria Snoussi, Johnson Kitheka, Yohanna Shaghude, Alioune Kane, Russell Arthurton, Martin Le Tissier, and Hassan Virji, 2007, volume 39, page 589" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-08-21. Retrieved 2015-10-18.
The RufijiRiver lies entirely within Tanzania. It is also the largest and longest river in the country. The river is formed by the confluence of the Kilombero...
(JNHS; RHHP; Rufiji Hydroelectric Power Project; Stiegler's Gorge Dam) is a hydroelectric dam under construction across the RufijiRiver in eastern Tanzania...
African Rift. The river flows northeast along the northeastern border of the Lindi Region before it flows into the RufijiRiver. The Rufiji eventually flows...
ranging from Tanga to south of the RufijiRiver delta. The description of the Indian coast mentions the Ganges River clearly, yet after that it is ambiguous...
Rufiji may refer to: Rufiji Delta, a region in Tanzania Rufiji District, in the Pwani Region of Tanzania RufijiRiver, in Tanzania Rufiji (ethnic group)...
Ruaha River is a river in south-central Tanzania that flows through the Usangu wetlands and the Ruaha National Park east into the RufijiRiver. It traverses...
Region, Tanzania. Their homeland is north of the RufijiRiver in parts of Mkuranga, Kisarawe and Rufiji Districts. In 2000 the Ndengereko population was...
Njenje River is a tributary of the RufijiRiver that starts in Liwale District of Lindi Region, Tanzania. It begins in Lilombe ward and Joins the Rufiji on...
Amur river basin at Rivers Network. Sangha Basin at Rivers Network. Lower, Middle and Upper Tigris river basin at Rivers Network Rufijiriver basin at...
hydro electric power. The park has a great river known as RufijiRiver. Rufiji is Tanzania's largest river and is home to many crocodiles and hippopotamuses...
new Stiegler's Gorge Hydroelectric Power Station of 2,115MW over the RufijiRiver. The power station will result to an additional 2,100 megawatts of electricity...
The Battle of the Rufiji Delta was fought in German East Africa (modern Tanzania) from October 1914–July 1915 during the First World War, between the German...
over this period. The incidents occurred near Selous Game Reserve in RufijiRiver and in Lindi Region near the Mozambican border. While the expansion of...
although many believe it lies deeply buried in the silt of the delta of the RufijiRiver. A long documentary silence follows these ancient texts, and it is not...
Peters then recruited specialists who began exploring south to the RufijiRiver and north to Witu, near Lamu on the coast.[page needed][page needed][page needed]...
Msimbazi River Luhule River Ndilila RiverRufijiRiver basin Ruhoi River Lungonya River Lambo River Gumba River Lukuiro River Kidete River Mhangasi River Namkonga...
up rebel attacks. A successful ambush of a German column crossing the RufijiRiver by the Bena kept the rebellion alive in the southwest, but the Germans...
Xufexufe River - São Tomé and Príncipe Tana - Kenya Athi - Kenya Mara - Kenya and Tanzania Ewaso - Nyiro-Kenya Sondu - Mirio-Kenya Ruvoma - Tanzania Rufiji -...
north/south direction between the RufijiRiver estuary and Mafia Island. The deltas at the mouth of the RufijiRiver extrude towards the island and water...
Lukuliro River is a tributary of the RufijiRiver that starts in Liwale District of Lindi Region, Tanzania. It begins in Mkutano, Liwale ward and Joins...
uninterrupted coastal forests that spanned from Mombasa all the way to the Tana River. Eighty percent has been deforested, with only the Arabuko-Sokoke Forest...
footsteps of H.M. Stanley and his boat the 'Lady Alice'. 'Rufiji Expedition': Tracking the Rufijiriver in tribute to explorer Captain Frederick Courtenay Selous...
January 1917, Selous was fighting in the bush war on the banks of the RufijiRiver against German colonial Schutztruppen, which outnumbered his troops five...
pottery from Persia and glass beads dating to 600BC have been found at the RufijiRiver delta in Tanzania. Bantu Groups had migrated to the Great Lakes Region...
Pwani regions. The Wami River catchment lies to the north and west, and the RufijiRiver catchment lies to the south. The Ruvu River is an important source...
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