Uruzi rwa Ruvu

ni rumwe mu migezi ikomeye yo mu gihugu ca , ruherereye mu burasirazuba bw’igihugu. Ruzwi cane kuko ari rwo rutanga amazi menshi akoreshwa mu gisagara ca , kikaba ari co gisagara kinini muri Tanzania.

Izina: Ruvu River

Igihugu: Tanzania

Uburebure: ~300 km (hafi)

Isoko (source): Uluguru Mountains (Morogoro region)

Iherezo (mouth): Indian Ocean (hafi ya Bagamoyo)

Akarere runyuramwo: Morogoro, Pwani (Coast Region)

Ubwoko: Uruzi rujya mu nyanja (coastal river)

Aho ruva n’aho rugana

ruvira mu misozi ya Uluguru Mountains, ahantu hagwa imvura nyinshi kandi hari amashyamba. Rutembera rugana mu burasirazuba, ruca mu bibaya n’uturere tw’ubuhinzi, hanyuma rukinjira mu Nyanja y’Ubuhindi (Indian Ocean) hafi ya Bagamoyo.

Akamaro k’uruzi rwa Ruvu

1. Amazi ya Dar es Salaam

Ruvu ni isoko nyamukuru y’amazi:

itanga amazi yo kunywa mu
ikoreshwa mu nganda n’amazu
ni igice kinini c’isoko y’amazi ya TANESCO/DAWASA system

2. Ubuhinzi

kuhira imirima yo mu Morogoro na Pwani
guhinga umuceri, ibigori n’imboga
gutunga imirima yo mu bibaya

3. Ibidukikije

igaburira amashyamba ya Uluguru Mountains
ifasha ibishanga n’ecosystem zo mu nkengero
ituma amazi y’inyanja y’Ubuhindi aguma atemba neza

Ibinyabuzima

Mu Ruvu basin haboneka:

amafi y’amazi meza
inyoni z’amazi
ingona mu bice vyo hasi
ibimera vyo mu bishanga
amashyamba y’imvura (Uluguru forests)

Ibibazo ruhura na vyo

ruhura n’ibi bibazo:

kugabanuka kw’amazi kubera gukata amashyamba
gukoresha amazi menshi (Dar es Salaam demand)
kwanduzwa n’ubuhinzi n’inganda
ihindagurika ry’ibihe (climate change)
isuri iva ku misozi ya Uluguru

Umusozo

Ruvu River ni uruzi rufise akamaro kanini mu burasirazuba bwa Tanzania, cyane cane kuko rutanga amazi ku kandi rugafasha ubuhinzi n’ibidukikije. Ni rumwe mu migezi ikomeye y’inkengera z’Inyanja y’Ubuhindi.