Nyakijanda River

The Nyakijanda River (French: Rivière Nyakijanda) is a river in Burundi, a left tributary of the Nyabaha River.

Nyakijanda River
Native name	Rivière Nyakijanda (French)
Location
Country	Burundi
Physical characteristics
Mouth
• location	Nyabaha River
• coordinates	3.42446°S 30.07914°E / -3.42446; 30.07914

Course

The Nyakijanda River forms in the south of Ruyigi Province where it is fed by the Gihehe River and the Gisuma River. It flows north along the boundary between Gitega Province and Ruyigi Province and joins the Sanzu River, which flows from the east, to form the Nyabaha River.

Environment

The surroundings of Nyakijanda are a mosaic of agricultural land and natural vegetation. The area is quite densely populated, with 111 inhabitants per square kilometer as of 2016. The average annual temperature in the area is 19 °C (66 °F). The warmest month is September, when the average temperature is 22 °C (72 °F), and the coldest is April, with 18 °C (64 °F). Average annual rainfall is 1,321 millimetres (52.0 in). The rainiest month is December, with an average of 215 millimetres (8.5 in) of precipitation, and the driest is July, with 1 millimetre (0.039 in) of precipitation.

Agriculture

The Nyakijanda marsh is in the Commune of Itaba, southeast Gitega Province, between the Kirimo natural region to the west and the Buyogoma natural region to the east. Only the Nyakijanda marsh can be managed for agricultural purposes, growing rice or other crops. Almost all the commune's watercourses converge on the marshes of the Nyakijanda.

Hydroelectricity

The falls on the Nyakijanda River have hydroelectric potential. As of 1984 a 250kW hydroelectric plant had been proposed on the Nyakijanda River about 3 km from Buhoro. A 2012 report by the Ministry of Energy and Mines identified two possible projects on the Nyakijanda: NYKI 012 at 2.8MW and NYKI 002 at 1.7MW A 2022 report identified a potential site on the Nyakijanda in the Nyamuyaga colline of the Commune of Butaganzwa, Ruyigi Province. The fall was 23 metres (75 ft) high with flow of 2.7 cubic metres per second (95 cu ft/s), giving potential of 487kW.

See also

• List of rivers of Burundi

Sources

• Energy Sector Management Assistance Program Activity Completion Report (in French), UNDP/World Bank, May 1985, retrieved 2024-09-01
• Investment opportunities in renewable energy Burundi (PDF), Minister for Energy and Mines, October 2012, p. 14, retrieved 2024-08-31
• Le projet de developpement communautaire pour l’amelioration des conditions de vie dans les regions affectees par les conflits dans la province de Gitega en Republique du Burundi (PDF) (in French), Ministere de l’agriculture et de l’elevage, March 2014, retrieved 2024-09-01
• NASA Earth Observations: Population Density, NASA/SEDAC, archived from the original on 9 February 2016, retrieved 30 January 2016
• NASA Earth Observations Data Set Index, NASA, archived from the original on 28 November 2017, retrieved 30 January 2016
• NASA Earth Observations: Rainfall (1 month - TRMM), NASA/Tropical Rainfall Monitoring Mission, archived from the original on 19 April 2019, retrieved 30 January 2016
• NASA Earth Observations: Land Cover Classification, NASA/MODIS, archived from the original on 28 February 2016, retrieved 30 January 2016
• Province de Gitega, Commune Itaba, plan communal de developpement communautaire, deuxieme generation (PDF) (in French), Itaba: Ministère de l’Intérieur, September 2013, retrieved 2024-09-01
• Rapport Annuel (PDF) (in French), AREEN, 2022, retrieved 2024-09-01
• Ruyigi (PDF), United States Government Defense Mapping Agency, 1994, retrieved 2024-09-01

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