Uruzi rwa Kilombero

ni rumwe mu migezi minini yo mu gihugu ca , ruherereye mu majyepfo ashirira uburengero bw’igihugu. Ni rumwe mu mashami y’ingenzi agize sisitemu y’ basin.

Izina: Uruzi rwa Kilombero

Igihugu: Tanzania

Uburebure: ~600 km (sisitemu yose ya Kilombero valley)

Isoko (source): Udusozi twa Kipengere na Udzungwa Mountains

Iherezo (mouth): Rufiji River

Akarere runyuramwo: Morogoro Region, Iringa Region

Ubwoko: Ishami rinini rija mu ruzi runini (major tributary)

Aho ruva n’aho rugana

Kilombero ruvira mu misozi ya Kipengere n’inkengero za Udzungwa Mountains, ahantu hagwa imvura nyinshi cane. Rutembera rugana mu kibaya kinini citwa Kilombero Valley, kimwe mu bishanga binini cane muri East Africa.

Amaherezo, rwinjira mu , hanyuma amazi agasohokera mu nyanja y’Ubuhindi (Indian Ocean).

Akamaro k’Uruzi rwa Kilombero

1. Ubuhinzi

Kilombero Valley ni kimwe mu bibaya vy’ubuhinzi bikomeye:

umuceri (rice farming) — uzwi cane “Kilombero rice”
ibigori
ibihingwa vy’ubudandaji
kuhira imirima mu bishanga

2. Ibishanga n’ibinyabuzima

Kilombero Valley ni agace k’ingenzi mu bidukikije:

na Udzungwa ecosystem:

inzovu
antelope (like sable & waterbuck)
inyoni nyinshi z’amazi
ibishanga binini (wetlands)

3. Uburovyi

amafi menshi mu bishanga vya Kilombero
ifasha abahinga bo mu kibaya

4. Amazi y’abantu

kunywa amazi
isuku
ubuhinzi bw’amatungo

Ibinyabuzima

Mu Kilombero basin haboneka:

amafi y’amoko menshi
ingona
imvubu (hippos)
inyoni z’amazi
amashyamba n’ibishanga binini

Ibibazo ruhura na vyo

Kilombero River ihura n’ibi bibazo:

gucibwa kw’amashyamba (deforestation)
guhindura ibishanga (wetland drainage)
ubuhinzi burenze urugero
gucukura ubutaka n’amabuye
ihindagurika ry’ibihe

Akamaro mu bukungu

Kilombero ifasha Tanzania mu:

ubuhinzi bw’umuceri (Kilombero rice industry)
uburovyi
ubukerarugendo bw’ibinyabuzima
kubungabunga ecosystem ya Rufiji basin

Umusozo

ni rumwe mu migezi ikomeye ya Tanzania, rufise akamaro kanini mu buhinzi, ibinyabuzima n’ubukungu. Kilombero Valley ifatwa nk’imwe mu “rice baskets” zikomeye muri Afurika y’Ubuseruko.