Great Ruaha River

E524988

geographical feature river

The Great Ruaha River is a major river in south-central Tanzania that supports rich wildlife habitats and supplies vital water resources to surrounding ecosystems and communities.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Great Ruaha River canonical	2
Ruaha River	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	geographical feature ⓘ river ⓘ
basinSize	approximately 68,000 square kilometres ⓘ
continent	Africa ⓘ
country	Tanzania ⓘ
drainageBasinCountry	Tanzania NERFINISHED ⓘ
ecoregion	Eastern miombo woodlands NERFINISHED ⓘ
flowsThrough	Iringa Region NERFINISHED ⓘ Mbeya Region NERFINISHED ⓘ Morogoro Region NERFINISHED ⓘ Ruaha National Park NERFINISHED ⓘ Usangu Plains NERFINISHED ⓘ
habitatFor	Nile crocodile NERFINISHED ⓘ antelope species ⓘ elephants ⓘ hippopotamus ⓘ numerous bird species ⓘ
hasIssue	seasonal drying in some reaches ⓘ
hasLength	approximately 475 km ⓘ
hasTributary	Chimala River NERFINISHED ⓘ Kimani River NERFINISHED ⓘ Little Ruaha River NERFINISHED ⓘ Luwumbu River NERFINISHED ⓘ Mbarali River NERFINISHED ⓘ Mkoji River NERFINISHED ⓘ Mlomboji River NERFINISHED ⓘ
importantFor	biodiversity conservation ⓘ tourism in Tanzania ⓘ
locatedIn	East Africa NERFINISHED ⓘ south-central Tanzania NERFINISHED ⓘ
mouthLocation	Rufiji River NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	Great Ruaha catchment ⓘ Rufiji River basin ⓘ
passesThroughProtectedArea	Ruaha National Park NERFINISHED ⓘ
sourceLocation	poroto mountains NERFINISHED ⓘ southern highlands of Tanzania ⓘ
supplies	water for domestic use ⓘ water for hydropower generation ⓘ water for irrigation ⓘ water for livestock ⓘ
supports	rich wildlife habitats ⓘ wetland ecosystems ⓘ
threatenedBy	climate variability ⓘ upstream irrigation abstraction ⓘ water overuse ⓘ
usedBy	agricultural sector ⓘ hydropower plants ⓘ local communities ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Ruaha National Park → namedAfter → Great Ruaha River ⓘ

Ruaha National Park → traversedBy → Great Ruaha River ⓘ

Selous Game Reserve → containsRiver → Great Ruaha River ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ruaha River