Ruvu Jipe River Explained

Ruvu Jipe River
Source1 Location:Lake Jipe, Mwanga District
Source1 Coordinates:-3.7333°N 37.65°W
Subdivision Type1:Country
Subdivision Type2:Region
Subdivision Name2:Kilimanjaro Region
Subdivision Type3:District
Subdivision Name3:Mwanga District
Subdivision Type4:Ward
Subdivision Name4:Kileo
River System:Pangani River

Ruvu Jipe River, also known as Luffu and Jipe Ruvu and Ruvu Pangani (Mto Ruvu Jipe in Swahili), is located in northern Kilimanjaro Region's Mwanga District of Tanzania. It begins in Kileo ward at Lake Jipe and eventually drains into Nyumba ya Mungu Dam and into Pangani River at Lang'ata ward.[1] [2] [3] [4]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Ruvu Jipe River. 2023-05-12.
  2. Odner, Knut. "Usangi Hospital and other archaeological sites in the North Pare Mountains, north-eastern Tanzania." AZANIA: Journal of the British Institute in Eastern Africa 6.1 (1971): 89-130.
  3. Ndomba, Preksedis M., et al. “A GUIDED SWAT MODEL APPLICATION ON SEDIMENT YIELD MODELING IN PANGANI RIVER BASIN: LESSONS LEARNT.” Journal of Urban and Environmental Engineering, vol. 2, no. 2, 2008, pp. 53–62. JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/26203323. Accessed 12 May 2023.
  4. Dadzie, S., R. D. Haller, and E. Trewavas. "A Note on the Fishes of Lake Jipe and Lake Chale on the Kenya-Tanzania Border." (2000).