Loading

  • 21 Aug, 2019

  • By, Wikipedia

Nyabusyo River
The Nyabusyo River (French: Rivière Nyabusyo) is a river in Burundi, a tributary of the Kinyankuru River.

Course

The Nyabusyo flows southwest along the border between Ngozi Province and Karuzi Province to join the Kinyankuru River from the left. The Kinyankuru is in turn a tributary of the Ruvubu River. Tributaries of the Nyabusyo include the Gashayura, Nyankezi and Tambi / Rusimbuko.

Environment

The surroundings of Nyabusyo are a mosaic of farmland and natural vegetation. The area is densely populated, with 331 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 1,149 millimetres (45.2 in). The wettest month is December, with an average of 175 millimetres (6.9 in) of precipitation, and the driest is July, with 1 millimetre (0.039 in) of precipitation.

Marshes

There is a 325 hectares (800 acres) unmanaged marsh on the Nyabusyo in the Commune of Tangara, Ngozi Province. In Karuzi Province there is a 121 hectares (300 acres) unmanaged marsh on the Nyabusyo in the Commune of Bugenyuzi, and a 60 hectares (150 acres) unmanaged marsh on the Nyabusyo in the Commune of Gitaramuka.

See also

References

  1. ^ Way: Nyabusyo (224733216).
  2. ^ Investment opportunities in renewable energy.
  3. ^ nasalandcover.
  4. ^ nasapop.
  5. ^ nasa.
  6. ^ nasarain.
  7. ^ Strategie nationale de developpement, p. 67.
  8. ^ Strategie nationale de developpement, p. 75.

Sources

  • Investment opportunities in renewable energy Burundi (PDF), Minister for Energy and Mines, October 2012, p. 14, retrieved 2024-08-31
  • NASA Earth Observations: Population Density, NASA/SEDAC, archived from the original on 9 February 2016, retrieved 30 January 2016
  • NASA Earth Observations Data Set Index, NASA, archived from the original on 28 November 2017, retrieved 30 January 2016
  • NASA Earth Observations: Rainfall (1 month - TRMM), NASA/Tropical Rainfall Monitoring Mission, archived from the original on 19 April 2019, retrieved 30 January 2016
  • NASA Earth Observations: Land Cover Classification, NASA/MODIS, archived from the original on 28 February 2016, retrieved 30 January 2016
  • Strategie nationale de developpement de la filiere riz au Burundi (PDF) (in French), Bujumbura: Ministere de l’agriculture et de l’elevage, 2014, retrieved 2024-08-30
  • "Way: Nyabusyo (224733216)", OpenStreetMap, retrieved 2024-09-02
Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Nyabusyo_River&oldid=1255523235"