Uruzi rwa Lualaba

Uruzi rwa ni rumwe mu nzuzi zikomeye cane zo mu gihugu ca , kandi ni rwo rufatwa nk’isoko nyamukuru y’uruzi rwa Congo. Mu bindi vyose, Lualaba ni igice co hejuru (upper course) c’uruzi rwa .

1. Akamaro k’izina n’aho ruherereye

Izina “Lualaba” rikoreshwa mu gice co mu bumanuko bwa RDC, cane cane mu ntara ya Haut-Katanga na Lualaba Province.

“Lualaba” ni uruzi rumwe mu nzuzi zifise amateka akomeye mu gutahura Congo Basin
Ruzwi nk’isoko nyamukuru ya Congo River
Ruca mu turere dufise amabuye y’agaciro menshi

2. Aho ruva n’aho rujana

Lualaba rutangura mu misozi iri hafi y’akarere ka Katanga Plateau (mu bumanuko bwa RDC).

Inzira yarwo:

Rutangura mu migezi mito mito yo mu misozi ya Katanga
Ruca mu ntara za Haut-Katanga na Lualaba
Rurengana n’ibiyaga n’imigezi myinshi
Rwinjira mu bice vy’udusumo twinshi (rapids)
Hanyuma rugakomereza rugana mu buraruko, aho ruhinduka Congo River

3. Lualaba ni isoko ya Congo River

Ibi ni kimwe mu bintu bikomeye cane:

Lualaba ni source headstream ya Congo River
Iyo ruvanywe aho, amazi yarwo akomeza kuzamuka mu majyaruguru
Hanyuma rufatanya n’indi migezi rugakora uruzi rwa Congo

Ni co gituma Lualaba ifatwa nk’intango ya sisitemu yose ya Congo River.

4. Uburebure n’imiterere

Uburebure: hafi 1,800 km (bitewe n’aho bipimirwa)
Ruca mu bice vyose: imisozi, ibibaya n’ishamba
Rurangwa n’udusumo twinshi n’imigende yihuta
Rimwe na rimwe rufise ibiyaga bitoya n’udusumo twinshi
Amazi yarwo akomoka ku mvura nyinshi yo mu karere ka tropique

5. Imiterere y’ibidukikije

Lualaba ruca mu bice bitandukanye:

Mu bumanuko: ibibaya n’imisozi (savanna + mining zones)
Mu buraruko: ishamba rinini rya tropique
Biodiversity nyinshi: amafi, inyoni, n’inyamaswa zo mu mazi

Rifasha guhuza ibidukikije vy’imisozi n’ivyo mu mashamba.

6. Akamaro k’uruzi rwa Lualaba

6.1 Ubwikorezi

Rimwe na rimwe rukoreshwa mu gutwara abantu n’ibintu
Ariko rapids nyinshi zituma ubwikorezi bugorana

6.2 Amabuye y’agaciro n’ubutunzi

Ruca mu karere gakize kuri copper na cobalt
Ni ingenzi mu bikorwa vy’ubucukuzi muri Katanga

6.3 Uburovyi

Ifi nyinshi zitanga ifunguro ku baturage

6.4 Ingufu (hydro potential)

Rufise ubushobozi bunini bwo gutanga amashanyarazi
Hari imigambi y’ingomero z’amashanyarazi mu karere karwo

7. Amateka n’ubushakashatsi

Lualaba rwaragize uruhara rukomeye mu mateka:

Mu kinjana ca 19, abashakashatsi nka Henry Morton Stanley bararukoresheje mu gushakisha isoko ya Congo
Hari igihe bitazwi neza ko Lualaba ari yo Congo ya hejuru
Nyuma vyaramenyekanye ko ari yo intango nyamukuru ya Congo River

8. Ibibazo n’imbogamizi

Udusumo twinshi (rapids) dutuma ubwikorezi bugorana
Ubucukuzi bw’amabuye bushobora kwonona ibidukikije
Gutema amashyamba mu bice bimwe
Impinduka z’ibihe zigira ingaruka ku rugero rw’amazi
Ibikorwa vy’abantu bishobora guhindura inzira y’uruzi

9. Akamaro muri Congo Basin

Lualaba ni urufatiro rwa sisitemu yose ya Congo River:

ni rwo rutanga amazi menshi ya Congo
rugira uruhara mu guhuza imisozi, ibibaya n’ishamba rinini
rufasha mu kugabanya ubushuhe n’imvura mu karere
ni ishingiro ry’ubuzima bwa Congo Basin yose

10. Umwanzuro

Uruzi rwa Lualaba ni rumwe mu nzuzi zikomeye cane muri Afrika, kuko ari rwo rutangura uruzi rwa Congo. Rufise uruhara runini mu bidukikije, mu butunzi (copper/cobalt region), no mu mateka y’ubushakashatsi bwa Afurika yo hagati.