Sigi (river)

Sigi
Sigi
	Swahili Sigi Mto
Characteristic
Length	100 km
Pool	1,100 km²
Watercourse
Source
• Height	920 m
• Coordinates
Mouth	Indian Ocean
• Location	40 km north of the city of Tanga
• Height	0 m
• Coordinates
Location
A country	Tanzania;
Region	Tanga
	- source - mouth

Sigi ( Swahili Sigi Mto ) is a river in the Tanga region, north-east of Tanzania , 100 km long.

Content

Current

It originates in the Amani reserve, on the eastern slopes of the Usambara mountain range. The height of the source is about 920 meters above sea level ^[1] ^[2] . It flows mainly to the east and flows into the Gulf of Tanga of the Indian Ocean , 40 km north of the city of the same name ^[3] . The catchment area is 1,100 km² ^[2] .

In 1978 ^[4] a dam near the village of Mabayani was commissioned. ^[5] The reservoir is about 3500 m long and 400 m wide. It is located 20 km from Tangi.

Water flow

Average water consumption (m³ / s) of the Sigi River by months from 1957 to 1990.
(measurements were made on the hydrological station Lanconi Estate, 45 km from the mouth) ^[6]

Notes

↑ Map sheet B-37-A (Yu.P.) .
↑ ¹ ² Alan Charles Hamilton, R. Bensted-Smith. Forest Conservation in the East of Usambara Mountains, Tanzania. - IUCN, 1989. - T. 15. - P. 141. - 392 p. - (IUCN conservation library). - ISBN 9782880329655 .
↑ Map sheet B-37-B (Yu.P.) .
↑ Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs: Sustainable Tanga Program
↑ Hartmut F. Krebs: Rückblicke eines ehemaligen Studenten der Technischen Hochschule Dresden
↑ Temporal Flow Variations: A Challenge for Water Management in Tanzania (Unidentified) . Department of Water Resources Engineering, Dar Es Salaam. The appeal date is December 7, 2011.

Literature

Deutsches Kolonial-Lexikon; Heinrich Schnee (Hrsg.), Leipzig 1920; 3 Bände. Frankfurter Universität (Eintrag in Bd. III, S. 357)

[1] Map sheet B-37-A (Yu.P.) .

[IUCN-2] ¹ ² Alan Charles Hamilton, R. Bensted-Smith. Forest Conservation in the East of Usambara Mountains, Tanzania. - IUCN, 1989. - T. 15. - P. 141. - 392 p. - (IUCN conservation library). - ISBN 9782880329655 .

[3] Map sheet B-37-B (Yu.P.) .

[4] Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs: Sustainable Tanga Program

[5] Hartmut F. Krebs: Rückblicke eines ehemaligen Studenten der Technischen Hochschule Dresden

[TFW-6] Temporal Flow Variations: A Challenge for Water Management in Tanzania (Unidentified) . Department of Water Resources Engineering, Dar Es Salaam. The appeal date is December 7, 2011.