Bubu (river)
| Bubu | ||
 The course of the Bubu in the Sulunga Lake catchment area (from north to south) |
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| Data | ||
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 Tanzania
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| River system | Bubu | |
| origin | on Mount Hanang | |
| Source height | 2180 m | |
| muzzle | At Bahi in the Bahi swamp coordinates: 6 ° 2 ′ 0 ″ S , 35 ° 17 ′ 0 ″ E 6 ° 2 ′ 0 ″ S , 35 ° 17 ′ 0 ″ E |
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| Mouth height | 824 m | |
| Height difference | 1356 m | |
| Bottom slope | 4.5 ‰ | |
| length | 300 km | |
| Catchment area | 12,661 km² | |
| Discharge at the Bahi gauge (1287800) A Eo : 11,400 km² Location: 7 km above the mouth |
MNQ 1960–1984 MQ 1960–1984 Mq 1960–1984 MHQ 1960–1984 HHQ (max. Month Ø) |
0 l / s 5 m³ / s 0.4 l / (s km²) 14 m³ / s 63 m³ / s |
| Left tributaries | Kondea | |
The Bubu is a seasonal river in central Tanzania in the Dodoma region near the border with the Singida region .
course
It rises in the Manyara region on Mt Hanang at an altitude of 2,180 m. The catchment area of the river is 12,661 km². It flows into the Bahi Swamp (also Sulunga Sea) about 50 km west of the capital Dodoma in the endorheic Bahi Depression .
Hydrometry
The flow rate of the river was measured over 24 years (1960–1984) in Bahi , a city in Tanzania, about 7 kilometers upstream from the confluence with Sulunha Lake. The mean annual flow rate observed in Bahi was 5 m³ / s during this period.
