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Wami River

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Mkata

Length
  
490 km

Basin area
  
43,946 km²

Mouth elevation
  
0

Basin area
  
43,946 km²

Discharge
  
60.6 m³/s

Country
  
Tanzania

Bridges
  
Wami Bridge

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- right
  
Lukigura; Mjonga; Chogoati

- location
  
at Saadani in the Indian Ocean, Tanzania

- average
  
60.6 m/s (2,140 cu ft/s)

Hippos and crocodiles in wami river in saadani national park


The Wami River lies entirely within Tanzania in the Pwani Region and Morogoro Region in eastern Tanzania. Its source is specified in the Kaguru Mountains and it flows East entering the Indian Ocean west of Zanzibar. But its catchment area extends from the Kinyasangwe River to far beyond Dodoma to the southern edge of the Maasai Steppe and is denoted with 43,946 km². Only after leaving the Mkata River basin on the northern edge of the Mikumi National Park is its name Wami. Due to deforestation and climatic changes in the region the runoff decrease. Wami river is the southern border of Saadani National Park, the only coastal National Park in Tanzania.

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Map of Wami River, Tanzania

The average monthly flow of the river Wami hydrological station of Mandera (in m³ / s )< br /> (Calculated using the data for a period of 30 years, 1954–84)

Arc hotel morogoro with safaris to mikumi selous and wami river


HydrometryEdit

The river flow observed over 30 years (1954–84) in Mandera a town about 50 km above the mouth. The at Mandera observed average annual flow during this period was 60.6 m³ / s fed by an area of about 82% of the total catchment area of the River.

The average monthly flow of the river Wami hydrological station of Mandera (in m³ / s )< br /> (Calculated using the data for a period of 30 years, 1954–84)

References

Wami River Wikipedia