Ndurumu River (Akanyaru)

The Ndurumu River (French: Rivière Ndurumu) is a river in Burundi. It flows west through Kirundo Province and Ngozi Province to join the Akanyaru River on the border with Rwanda.

Ndurumu River
Native name	Rivière Ndurumu (French)
Location
Country	Burundi
Province	Karuzi Province, Ngozi Province
Physical characteristics
Mouth	Akanyaru River
• location	Marangara Hydroelectric Power Station
• coordinates	2.73035°S 29.964927°E / -2.73035; 29.964927

Course

The Ndurumu River rises in the Ntega and Vumbi communes of Kirundo Province, and in the Kiremba and Marangara communes of Ngozi Province. It flows in a generally west-southwest direction, turning west and then northwest at the Ndurumu Hydroelectric Station.

The watershed of the Ndurumu River above the Marangara Hydroelectric Power Station is rugged, wth slopes between 5% and 55%. The climate is tropical humid, with average annual rainfall of 1,124.8 millimetres (44.28 in). More than 53.34% of the population of the watershed cultivate farms of ​​less than 0.5 hectares (1.2 acres) and earn less than 100 dollars per year. Soil erosion is a serious problem.

As of June 2024 the Marangara Hydroelectric Power Station was at a standstill. Farmers upstream of the dam along the Ndurumu River had cut down almost all the trees and planted crops such as cassava and banana. During heavy rainfall tons of earth, stones and trees are washed into the valley, digging huge furrows and forming a mountain of mud and stones in the reservoir.

Sources

• Bizimana, Arthur (28 June 2024), "Climat et agriculture : une double menace pour la production hydroélectrique burundaise", Ibehe, retrieved 2024-08-18
• Niyongabo, Jean Baptiste (6 April 2017), Analyse des déterminants de l'érosion différentielle dans les hautes terres du Burundi et proposition du plan de gestion durable du bassin versant de la rivière Ndurmu (PDF) (in French), Université Senghor, retrieved 2024-08-18