Bua (river)

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Bua
The Bua in the Shire catchment (center left)

The Bua in the Shire catchment (center left)

Data
location Central region of Malawi
MalawiMalawi 
River system Zambezi
Drain over Lake Malawi  → Shire  → Zambezi  → Indian Ocean
source About 80 kilometers west of the capital Lilongwe on the border with Zambia in the Mehinji Forest Reserve
13 ° 39 ′ 17 ″  S , 32 ° 51 ′ 0 ″  E
Source height about  1430  m
muzzle at Bua Point in the Malawi Coordinates: 12 ° 47 ′ 37 ″  S , 34 ° 16 ′ 17 ″  E 12 ° 47 ′ 37 ″  S , 34 ° 16 ′ 17 ″  E
Mouth height 477  m
Height difference about 953 m
Bottom slope about 3.7 ‰
length 255 km
Catchment area 10,654 km²
Discharge at the Bua gauge at S53 Road Bridge, RGS 5C1
A Eo : 10,600 km²
Location: 10 km above the mouth 		MQ 1956–2009
Mq 1956–2009
 MHQ 1956–2009
HHQ (1971) 		35 m³ / s
3.3 l / (s km²)
 545 m³ / s
1703 m³ / s
Left tributaries Rusa
Bua.jpg

The Bua is a river in Malawi .

course

The river rises about 80 kilometers west of the capital Lilongwe on the border with Zambia in the Mchinji Forest Reserve. It flows first about 40 kilometers to the southeast, then over 100 kilometers to the north - northeast and another 120 kilometers to the northeast, almost parallel to the south of the Dwangwa . It crosses the Nkhotakota reserve to flow into Lake Malawi at Bua Point (Bua Estate with Lodge) 17 kilometers north of Nkhotakota .

economy

According to the FAO, the rivers Bua, Dwangwa, Lilongwe , Lufira , Northern Rukuru , Songwe , and Southern Rukuru together have a fishing potential of 15,000 tons per year. In fact, between 4,000 and 17,000 tons are caught.

tourism

The Bua has some impressive waterfalls and is popular with anglers for the Mpasa fish, a species of salmon.

Web links

Commons : Bua River  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Soviet General Staff Map , accessed via http://loadmap.net/
  2. ↑ Google Earth
  3. ↑ Fish diversity of two major inlet rivers of Lake Malawi: Spatial and temporary change
  4. ^ Republic of Malawi ministry of agriculture, irrigation and water development (MoAIWD) - Project for national water resources master plan in the republic of Malawi
  5. ↑ Development of a flood-frequency model for the river basins of the central region of Malawi as a tool for engineering design and disaster preparedness in flood-prone areas