List of rivers 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
Rufiji
Pangani
Rovuma
Zambezi (via Lake Malawi )
To Unguja
In endorheic basins
Eyasisee
Bahi swamp
Rukwasee
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Rungwa
- Piti
- Muze
- Mobma
- Luiche
-
Katuma
- Kabenga
- Songwe (Rukwasee)
Congo (via Lake Tanganyika )
Nile
Catchment area distribution of the country in percent
Rivers | Square kilometre | Percent of the country's area |
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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 |