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is August, when the average temperature is 26 °C (79 °F), and the coldest is
January, with 21 °C (70 °F). Average annual rainfall is 1,086 millimetres (42.8 in). The wettest month is December, with an average of 154 millimetres (6.1 in) of precipitation, and the driest is July, with 3 millimetres (0.12 in) of precipitation.
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The surroundings of
Kagunizi are a mosaic of agricultural land and natural vegetation. The area is densely populated, with 319 inhabitants per square kilometer as of 2016. Savannah climate prevails in the area. The average annual temperature in the area is 23 °C (73 °F). The warmest month
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Kagunuzi rivers in the provinces of Cibitoke, Bubanza and Kayanza to wash their products; builders extract rubble, gravel and sand for construction from the rivers; and farmers weaken their banks by failing to leave a 5 metres (16 ft) strip of uncultivated land along the banks. All this
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The
Kagunuzi watershed covers about 425 square kilometres (164 sq mi). Elevations range from 2,661 to 788 metres (8,730 to 2,585 ft). Monthly average rainfall varies by region from 74 to 137 millimetres (2.9 to 5.4 in). As of 2020 the Kagunuzi basin had 1,992 hectares (4,920
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In May 2015 it was announced that construction of the Kagu 006 hydroelectric plant would soon start. The 12 MW plant would product 45-50 GWh of energy per year. Funding of US$ 60 million would be provided by the
European Union, World Bank, African Development Bank, the Republic of China, the
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Netherlands, the United
Nations Development Program, and the European Investment Bank. After a pause in foreign investment due to political issues, by 2022 the 6 MW Kagu 006 hydropower project in Cibitoke Province was in the Preliminary Study stage.
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contributes to pollution of the river water and to collapse of the banks, damaging bridges, roads, buildings and other infrastructure near the rivers.
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are important tributaries on the east side of the Ruzizi river, with an estimated total hydroelectric potential of about 100 MW. The
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to the south, and joins the
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Kagunuzi basin has a capacity of 19 MW. A site downstream on the Kagunuzi has potential of 26 MW.
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606:"US$ 60M Hydroelectric Power plant For Burundi"
371:Republic of Burundi Energy sector rehabilitation
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220:Rwegura Hydroelectric Power Station
214:The Gitenge–Kagunuzi River and the
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407:World Small Hydropower Development
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624:"Way: Kagunizi (313713953)"
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257:List of rivers of Burundi
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263:References
244:Kaburantwa
126:29°14′47″E
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236:Nyamagana
192:Watershed
123:3°02′38″S
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230:Issues
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100:Mouth
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