Uruzi rwa Cunene

Uruzi rwa Cunene (Kunene)

(rimwe rwitwa Kunene River) ni rumwe mu migezi minini yo mu majyepfo y’uburengerazuba bwa Afurika. Rukora umupaka kamere hagati y’ibihugu vya na .

Izina: Cunene / Kunene River

Ibihugu: Angola – Namibia

Uburebure: ~1,050 km

Isoko (source): Bié Plateau (Angola)

Iherezo (mouth): Inyanja ya Atlantique (Atlantic Ocean)

Ubwoko: Uruzi rujya mu nyanja (perennial river)

Aho ruva n’aho rugana

ruvira mu misozi miremire ya muri Angola.

Ruca rugana mu buraruko bw’uburengerazuba bwa Namibia, rukora imbibe hagati y’ibihugu bibiri, hanyuma rugasohokera mu Nyanja ya Atlantique.

Amashami n’ibintu bikomeye

Ruza rufise amazi ahoraho (perennial river)
Rukora imikandara y’imisozi n’inkombe z’urutare
Ruzwi kubera Epupa Falls (amasumo akomeye)

ni kimwe mu bibanza bikurura ba mukerarugendo.

Akamaro k’uruzi rwa Cunene

1. Ingufu (Hydropower)

hari imigambi y’ingomero (hydroelectric dams)
gutanga amashanyarazi mu turere twa Angola na Namibia

2. Amazi y’abantu

gutanga amazi ku midugudu yo ku mbibe
gukoreshwa mu buzima bwa buri munsi

3. Ubworozi n’ubuhinzi

kuhira imirima mito mito
gutunga amatungo mu turere twumye twa Namibia

4. Ibidukikije

Mu Cunene basin haboneka:

imvubu
ingona
inzovu (mu bice vya Angola)
inyoni nyinshi z’amazi
ibimera vya savanna

Ibibazo

ruhura n’ibi bibazo:

ihindagurika ry’imvura (dry vs wet seasons)
imishinga y’ingomero igira ingaruka ku bidukikije
kubura amazi mu bice bimwebimwe vya Namibia
isuri mu bibaya

Umusozo

Cunene River ni uruzi runini kandi rukomeye rwo muri Angola na Namibia, rufise akamaro mu mazi, ingufu z’amashanyarazi no mu bidukikije, kandi rukaba rumwe mu migezi ikomeye isohokera mu Nyanja ya Atlantique.