Nyumba ya Mungu Reservoir
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| Coordinates | 3 ° 40 ′ 13 " S , 37 ° 24 ′ 37" E | ||||||||||
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| Construction time: | -1965 | ||||||||||
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| Water surface | 180 km² | ||||||||||
| Reservoir length | Max. 32 km | ||||||||||
| Reservoir width | Max. 15 km | ||||||||||
| Storage space | 1.12 km³ | ||||||||||
| Catchment area | 9,143 km² | ||||||||||
The Nyumba ya Mungu Reservoir ("The House of God") is a reservoir in the Mwanga district in the Kilimanjaro region at the foot of the mountain of the same name in northern Tanzania . It was completed in 1965 and is at an altitude of 670 m. It has a maximum depth of 41 m and an average depth of 6 m.
use
The lake is used for irrigation and electricity generation. The power of the hydropower plant is 8 MW. It is also important for local fishing and serves as a refuge for many water birds.
Hydrology
The reservoir is fed by the Ruvu and the Kikuletwa, which drain Kilimanjaro and Mount Meru, respectively . Its outlet is the Pangani. The lake has lost a lot of its area in recent years.
Web links
See also
swell
- vanden Bossche, J.-P. and Bernacsek, GM and Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations: Source book for the inland fishery resources of Africa, Volume 1 . 1990.
Individual evidence
- ^ Pangani Hydro Systems. (No longer available online.) Tanzania Electric Supply Company Limited (TANESCO), archived from the original on September 24, 2015 ; accessed on May 10, 2015 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
