Mbwemburu

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Mbwemburu
Data
location TanzaniaTanzania Tanzania
Lindi
River system Mbwemburu
source in the southwest of the Lindi region
muzzle south of Kiswere in the Indian Ocean Coordinates: 9 ° 28 ′ 53 "  S , 39 ° 39 ′ 28"  E 9 ° 28 ′ 53 "  S , 39 ° 39 ′ 28"  E
Mouth height m

length 320 km

The Mbwemburu (also Mbemkuru, Mto Bwamkuro) is an approximately 320 km long river in the east African state of Tanzania .

course

It rises in the southwest of the Lindi region , flows east-northeast and flows south of the city of Kiswere into the Indian Ocean . The Mbwemburu never dries up completely, but during the dry season there is only very little flow through its upper reaches.

literature

German Colonial Lexicon 1920