Uruzi rwa Kinyankonge

ni uruzi ruto rwo mu gihugu ca , ruherereye mu karere ka Kampala n’inkengero zaho. Ruzwi cane kuko ruca mu bishanga vya Kampala (wetlands) kandi rukagira uruhara mu gutwara amazi y’imvura mu nyanja nini ya .

Izina: Kinyankonge River

Igihugu: Uganda

Uburebure: Ruto cane (urban stream)

Isoko (source): Bishanga vya Kampala (urban wetlands)

Iherezo (mouth): Lake Victoria basin (via Nakivubo system)

Akarere runyuramwo: Kampala (Nakawa / Kampala Central wetlands)

Ubwoko: Uruzi rw’igisagara (urban stream)

Aho ruva n’aho rugana

ruvuka mu bishanga n’imiyoboro y’amazi yo mu gisagara ca Kampala. Ruca mu bice vy’ibishanga vyegereye umurwa mukuru, rukajyana amazi y’imvura n’imyanda mito mito iva mu gisagara.

Amaherezo, rwinjira mu sisitemu y’ibishanga ijya muri .

Akamaro k’uruzi rwa Kinyankonge

1. Gutwara amazi y’imvura

rufasha gukura amazi mu mihanda ya Kampala
rugabanya imyuzure mu bihe vy’imvura nyinshi

2. Ibidukikije (wetlands system)

rutunga ibishanga vya Kampala
rugafasha mu gusukura amazi (natural filtration)
rugabanya ubushuhe mu gisagara

3. Ubuzima bw’igisagara

rufasha mu gutunganya drainage system ya Kampala
rujyana amazi mu bishanga bigaburira Lake Victoria

Ibinyabuzima

Mu Kinyankonge basin haboneka:

amafi mato mu bishanga
inyoni z’amazi (herons, egrets)
ibimera vya papyrus
ibikoko bito bito vyo mu bishanga

Ibibazo ruhura na vyo

ruhura n’ibi bibazo:

kwanduzwa n’imyanda yo mu gisagara (plastic, sewage)
gufatwa n’iterambere ry’amazu (wetland encroachment)
kugabanuka kw’ibishanga
imyuzure mu bihe vy’imvura nyinshi
gutakaza ubushobozi bwo gusukura amazi

Umusozo

Kinyankonge River ni uruzi ruto ariko rufise akamaro kanini mu gisagara ca Kampala, kuko rufasha mu gutwara amazi, kubungabunga ibishanga no kugabanya imyuzure. Ni igice gikomeye c’urusobe rw’amazi rujya muri basin.