{{Short description|River in Rwanda}} {{Infobox river | name = Mwogo River | image = | image_size = | image_alt = | image_caption = | map = Kagera catchment OSM.svg | map_size = | map_alt = | map_caption = Mwogo River in the Kagera catchment (center left) | source1_location = | mouth_location = | mouth_coordinates = {{coord|-2.208477|29.561634|display=inline,title}} | progression = | subdivision_type1 = Country | subdivision_name1 = Rwanda | location = | etymology = | length = | source1_elevation = | mouth_elevation = | discharge1_avg = | basin_size = | river_system = Nyabarongo River | tributaries_left = Rukarara River, Mbirurume River | tributaries_right = | custom_label = | custom_data = }} The '''Mwogo River''' is a river in western Rwanda that is a tributary of the Nyabarongo River.
==Course==
The Mwogo rises in forested country in southern Rwanda to the east of the Congo-Nile Divide.{{sfn|Hughes|Hughes|Bernacsek|1992|p=201}} It has its sources in the Kitabi sector of the Nyamagabe District. It runs eastward past Nyarusiza into the Huye District.{{sfn|Nyamagabe Administrative Map}} It runs in a northeast direction through the western part of this district, entering the Nyanza district.{{sfn|Huye Administrative Map}} In Nyanza district it runs northeast, passing Mweya at the point where the Gihimbi River enters it from the left.{{sfn|Nyanza Administrative Map}} Below this point it is joined by the Rukarara River from the left.{{sfn|Nyamagabe Administrative Map}} It then forms the western boundary of Ruhango District until it is joined from the left by the Mbirurume River just south of Bwakira. The combined stream is called the Nyabarongo River, which continues northward.{{sfn|Ruhango Administrative Map}}{{efn|The Rukarara tributary is the most distant source of the Nile.{{sfn|Briggs|Booth|2010|p=154}}{{sfn|Osborne|2012|p=206}}}}
==Hydrology==
The Mwogo is one of the main headwaters of the Nyawarungu river.{{sfn|Hughes|Hughes|Bernacsek|1992|p=201}} Measurements of precipitation and evaporation at the Nyabisindu station show that the Mwogo river basin produces an average annual water flow of {{convert|252|mm}}.{{sfn|Kanyarukiga|Ngarambe|1998}} In parts of the river valley the hills have been cleared of trees, causing erosion and silting problems. Efforts are being made to replant trees.{{sfn|Rusumo hydroelectric power...}} The Mwogo and Rukarara provide is the main source of water for the town of Nyanza.{{sfn|Rwanda Mission Report|p=28}}
==References== '''Notes''' {{notes}} '''Citations''' {{reflist|colwidth=30em}} '''Sources''' {{refbegin}} *{{cite book|last1=Briggs|first1=Philip|last2=Booth|first2=Janice|title=Rwanda|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NVTLZ41XyX8C&pg=PA154|access-date=2013-04-03 |date=2010-03-16|publisher=Bradt Travel Guides|isbn=978-1-84162-306-1|page=154}} *{{cite book|last1=Hughes|first1=Ralph H.|last2=Hughes|first2=Jane S.|last3=Bernacsek|first3=G. M.|title=Iucn Directory of African Wetlands |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VLjafeXa3gMC&pg=PA201|access-date=2013-03-25 |year=1992|publisher=IUCN|isbn=978-2-88032-949-5}} *{{cite web|ref={{harvid|Huye Administrative Map}}|url=http://statistics.gov.rw/system/files/user_uploads/files/books/Huye District.pdf|title=Huye Administrative Map|publisher=National Institute of Statistics of Rwanda|access-date=2013-04-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170220010734/http://statistics.gov.rw/system/files/user_uploads/files/books/Huye|archive-date=2017-02-20|url-status=dead}} *{{cite web |url=http://www.fao.org/docrep/003/X6611E/x6611e02c.htm |last1=Kanyarukiga |first1=Sam G.|last2=Ngarambe |first2=Vincent |year=1998 |title=The agricultural characterization and the classification of wetlands of Eastern and Southern Africa|publisher=FAO|access-date=2013-04-04}} *{{cite web|ref={{harvid|Nyamagabe Administrative Map}}|url=http://statistics.gov.rw/system/files/user_uploads/files/books/Nyamagabe District.pdf|title=Nyamagabe Administrative Map|publisher=National Institute of Statistics of Rwanda|access-date=2013-04-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170220013539/http://statistics.gov.rw/system/files/user_uploads/files/books/Nyamagabe|archive-date=2017-02-20|url-status=dead}} *{{cite web|ref={{harvid|Nyanza Administrative Map}}|url=http://statistics.gov.rw/system/files/user_uploads/files/books/Nyanza District.pdf|title=Nyanza Administrative Map|publisher=National Institute of Statistics of Rwanda|access-date=2013-04-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170220013432/http://statistics.gov.rw/system/files/user_uploads/files/books/Nyanza|archive-date=2017-02-20|url-status=dead}} *{{cite book|last=Osborne|first=Patrick L.|title=Tropical Ecosystems and Ecological Concepts|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EwPwPHDM-YsC&pg=PA206|access-date=2013-04-04 |date=2012-02-09|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=978-0-521-17734-4}} *{{cite web|ref={{harvid|Ruhango Administrative Map}}|url=http://statistics.gov.rw/system/files/user_uploads/files/books/Ruhango District.pdf|title=Ruhango Administrative Map|publisher=National Institute of Statistics of Rwanda|access-date=2013-04-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170220014113/http://statistics.gov.rw/system/files/user_uploads/files/books/Ruhango|archive-date=2017-02-20|url-status=dead}} *{{cite journal|ref={{harvid|Rusumo hydroelectric power...}}|url=http://www.newtimes.co.rw/news/views/article_print.php?13975&a=4404&icon=Print|title=Rusumo hydroelectric power project to start|date=25 February 2008|access-date=2013-04-04|journal=|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303222500/http://www.newtimes.co.rw/news/views/article_print.php?13975&a=4404&icon=Print|archive-date=3 March 2016|url-status=dead}} *{{cite web |ref={{harvid|Rwanda Mission Report}} |url=http://www.unhabitat.org/downloads/docs/5981_34020_Mission%20report%20Rwanda%20-%2010%20Dec%2007.pdf |title=Rwanda Mission Report |date=November 2007 |publisher=UN-HABITAT|access-date=2013-04-04}} {{refend}} {{Rivers of Rwanda}}
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