List of rivers in Tanzania

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Climate zones in Tanzania

This is a list of the rivers in Tanzania . The East African country has a diverse hydrology. Due to the sometimes very different climatic zones, the precipitation either remains in basins without drainage, from which it evaporates again (about ¼ of the land area), or drains over the Congo or Nile into oceans to the other side of the continent. However, almost half of the catchment area is accounted for by rivers that flow into the Indian Ocean. The largest catchment area is that of the Rufiji (Indian Ocean), followed by that of the Malagarasi (Atlantic), which together drain almost 1/3 of the country.

Indian Ocean

Coastal rivers

Course of the Umba

Rufiji

Rufiji catchment area

Pangani

Catchment area of ​​the Pangani

Rovuma

Catchment area of ​​the Rovuma

Zambezi (via Lake Malawi )

The catchment area of ​​Lake Malawi in Tanzania

To Unguja

In endorheic basins

Eyasisee

Bahi swamp

Catchment area of ​​the Sulunga lake

Rukwasee

Catchment area of ​​the Rukwa lake

Congo (via Lake Tanganyika )

Catchment area of ​​the Malagarasi

Nile

Catchment area distribution of the country in percent

Rivers Square kilometre Percent of the country's area
Indian Ocean
Rufiji 177,400 18.8
Ruvuma 52,100 5.5
Wami 46,400 4.9
Pangani 42,100 4.5
Matandu 18,600 2.0
Ruvu 18,400 2.0
Mbwemkuru 16,300 1.7
Ruhuhu (Lake Malawi) 14,000 1.5
Mbezi 7,700 0.8
Conversion 6,700 0.7
Lukuledi 6,000 0.6
Further 32,400 3.4
Together 438.100 46.5
Endorheic pelvis
Rift Valley Rivers 64,500 6.8
Eyasi and Kitangiri lakes 64,400 6.8
Sulunga Lake (Bubu) 25,600 2.7
Maasai steppe 10,900 1.2
Further 78,700 8.3
Together 244.100 25.9
Atlantic (Congo)
Malagarasi 126,100 13.4
Luiche (Lake Tanganyika) 2,600 0.3
Further 80,300 8.5
Together 209,000 22.2
Mediterranean Sea
Grumeti 11,700 1.2
Simiyu (Lake Victoria) 11,600 1.2
Mblageti 5,700 0.6
Mirare / Mori 800 0.1
Mara 800 0.1
Further 21,300 2.3
Together 51,900 5.5
Tanzania as a whole 943.100 100

Individual evidence

  1. ^ The status of the fishery resource in, the wetlands of Tanzania