Nyabaha River

The Nyabaha River (French: Rivière Nyabaha) is a river in Burundi, a right tributary of the Rurubu River.

Nyabaha River
Native name	Rivière Nyabaha (French)
Location
Country	Burundi
Physical characteristics
Mouth
• location	Rurubu River
• coordinates	3.371767°S 30.041631°E / -3.371767; 30.041631

Course

The Nyabaha River is one of the main tributaries of the Rurubu River. It forms in Ruyigi Province where Nyakijanda River from the south joins the Sanzu River from the east. It flows in a northwest direction along the boundary between Gitega Province to the west and Ruyigi Province to the east to join the Ruvubu River. Its upper reaches run between the settlements of Mubira in Ruyigi Province and Mubuga in Gitega Province. It joins the Ruvubu just upstream of the Ruvubu National Park.

Environment

The surroundings of Nyabaha are a mosaic of agricultural land and natural vegetation. The area is densely populated, with 397 inhabitants per square kilometer as of 2016. The average annual temperature in the area is 20 °C (68 °F). The warmest month is September, when the average temperature is 22 °C (72 °F), and the coldest is April, with 18 °C (64 °F). Average annual rainfall is 1,321 millimetres (52.0 in). The rainiest month is December, with an average of 215 millimetres (8.5 in) of precipitation, and the driest is July, with 1 millimetre (0.039 in) of precipitation.

Marshes

The Nyabaha basin contain 2,957 hectares (7,310 acres) of marshes, of which 2,431 hectares (6,010 acres), or 82%, are exploited for agriculture.

Hydrological station

A hydrological station was installed on the Nyabaha near Mubuga in May 1974 by the Hydromet Project, which did not carry out gauging. It had three scales on the left bank. The Geographic Institute of Burundi (IGEBU) began gauging in July 1982. The bridge collapsed in August 1985 and destroyed the scales. New scales were installed in September 1985 on the right bank upstream of the bridge. The station was rehabilitated in 2008. It has been moved from time to time. Gauging is now done from downstream of the bridge.

See also

• List of rivers of Burundi

Sources

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