Ruvu Jipe River, also known as Luffu and Jipe Ruvu and Ruvu Pangani (Mto Ruvu Jipe in Swahili), is located in northern Kilimanjaro Region's Mwanga District of Tanzania. It begins in Kileo ward at Lake Jipe and eventually drains into Nyumba ya Mungu Dam and into Pangani River at Lang'ata ward.[1][2][3][4]

Ruvu Jipe River
1892 map showing Ruvu Jipe River with the name Rufu River
Native nameMto Ruvu Jipe (Swahili)
Location
Country Tanzania
RegionKilimanjaro Region
DistrictMwanga District
WardKileo
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • locationLake Jipe, Mwanga District
 • coordinates3°43′59.88″S 37°39′0″E / 3.7333000°S 37.65000°E / -3.7333000; 37.65000
Basin features
River systemPangani River

References edit

  1. ^ "Ruvu Jipe River". Retrieved 2023-05-12.
  2. ^ Odner, Knut. "Usangi Hospital and other archaeological sites in the North Pare Mountains, north-eastern Tanzania." AZANIA: Journal of the British Institute in Eastern Africa 6.1 (1971): 89-130.
  3. ^ Ndomba, Preksedis M., et al. “A GUIDED SWAT MODEL APPLICATION ON SEDIMENT YIELD MODELING IN PANGANI RIVER BASIN: LESSONS LEARNT.” Journal of Urban and Environmental Engineering, vol. 2, no. 2, 2008, pp. 53–62. JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/26203323. Accessed 12 May 2023.
  4. ^ Dadzie, S., R. D. Haller, and E. Trewavas. "A Note on the Fishes of Lake Jipe and Lake Chale on the Kenya-Tanzania Border." (2000).