The Ruvyironza (or Luvironza) River is a river in Africa that is considered by some to be the most remote source of the Nile.
| Ruvyironza River | |
|---|---|
  | |
| Location | |
| Country | Burundi |
| Country | Tanzania |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | Mount Kikizi |
| • location | Burundi |
| • coordinates | 3°54′47″S 29°50′23″E / 3.91297°S 29.83960°E |
| Mouth | Ruvuvu River |
• location | Kagera Region |
• coordinates | 3°20′38″S 29°59′33″E / 3.34391°S 29.99238°E |
| Length | 182.4 km (113.3 mi) |
Course
The Ruvyironza rises in the east of Bururi Province to the west of Mount Kikizi (2,145 metres (7,037 ft)). and flows northwest to the border with Gitega Province. It follows part of the border between these two provinces, then flows through Gitega Province to the border with Mwaro Province, and follows the Mwaro-Gitega border north before turning east and again crossing Gitega Province to its mouth on the Ruvubu River.[1]
Source of the Nile
The Luvironza River is the source of the Nile in the sense that it is an indirect tributary of the Nile, and the distance by river from its headwater to the mouth of the Nile is 6,671 kilometres (4,145 mi), longer than the distance from any other headwater.[2][a] It is a tributary of the Ruvubu River, a tributary of the Kagera River, which flows in Lake Victoria. From there, the river takes different names as it flows north: the Victoria Nile, Albert Nile, Bahr al Jabal, White Nile and north of Khartoum the Nile.[4][2]
Notes
References
- ^ Relation: Ruvyironza (5392957).
- ^ a b River Nile Geocities.
- ^ Vijverberg, Sibbing & Dejen 2009, pp. 163ff.
- ^ Nile Encarta.
Sources
- "Nile", Encarta online encyclopedia, archived from the original on 2008-05-13, retrieved 2019-11-19
- "Relation: Ruvyironza (5392957)", OpenStreetMap, retrieved 2024-09-05
- River Nile, Geocities, retrieved 2024-09-05
- Vijverberg, Jacobus; Sibbing, Ferdinand A.; Dejen, Eshete (2009), "Lake Tana: Source of the Blue Nile", The Nile, Monographiae Biologicae, vol. 89, Dordrecht: Springer, pp. 163–192, doi:10.1007/978-1-4020-9726-3_9, ISBN 978-1-4020-9726-3, archived from the original on 23 May 2021, retrieved 23 May 2021