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The Kavuruga River (French: Rivière Kavuruga) is a river in Muyinga Province, Burundi.
It is a left tributary of the Ruvubu River.




Course


The Kavuruga River forms at 1,427 metres (4,682 ft) elevation. where the Nyabihongo and Mugatama rivers, on either side of the Rugazi colline, converge to the west of Muramba in Karuzi Province.
It flows in a winding course north of northeast through Muyinga Province to the Kavuruga Dam, then a short distance to its mouth on the Ruvubu River.
The Kavuruga receives the Kwagatabo and Kibwirwa from the left (west), the Rusabagi, Gasarara (1,399 metres (4,590 ft)) and Ntawuntunze (1,389 metres (4,557 ft)) from the right (east), the Gahomoka from the left, the Nyarumasni from the right, the Kinyamaganda and Kagare from the left.
It enters the Ruvubu at around 1,343 metres (4,406 ft).
As of 2014 the lower river flowed through a 40 hectares (99 acres) undeveloped marsh.




Environment


The surroundings of Kavuruga are a mosaic of agricultural land and natural vegetation.
The area is quite densely populated, with 214 inhabitants per square kilometer as of 2016.
The average annual temperature in the area is 20 °C (68 °F).
The warmest month is September, when the average temperature is 24 °C (75 °F), and the coldest is March, with 18 °C (64 °F).
Average annual rainfall is 1,170 millimetres (46 in).
The wettest month is March, with an average of 178 millimetres (7.0 in) of precipitation, and the driest is July, with 1 millimetre (0.039 in) of precipitation.




Power Station


The 0.85 MW Kayenzi Hydroelectric Power Station produces 1.3 MWh of power annually.
It was implemented in 1984 and is operated by REGIDESO Burundi.
It was designed to supply electricity to the Muyinga and Cankuzo urban centers.
The power station receives water from the Kavuruga dam, which was built with the assistance of the Federal Republic of Germany.
The reservoir is between the Nkoyoyo and Kayenzi collines.
In 2009 REGIDESO Burundi, the water and electricity authority, announced bids to rehabilitate five hydroelectric plants and to improve the network in Bujumbura.
The plants were the 18 MW Rwegura plant on the Gitenge River; 1.44 MW Nyemanga on the Siguvyaye River; 850 kW Kayenzi on the Kavuruga River; 240 kW Marangara on the Ndurumu River; and 72 kW Sanzu on the Sanzu River.




See also


List of rivers of Burundi




References






Sources

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• Kavuruga River
• Kayenzi Hydroelectric Power Station
• List of rivers of Burundi
• Nyemanga Hydroelectric Power Station
• List of power stations in Burundi