Rugezi Marsh
Rugezi Marsh Ruhengeri Marsh | |
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Location | Rwanda |
Coordinates | 01°29′00″S 29°51′00″E / 1.48333°S 29.85000°E |
Area | 6,735 hectares (16,640 acres) |
The Rugezi Marsh (also known as
Geography
The Rugezi Marsh is a high altitude valley created due to the uplift of Buberuka Highlands. Its boundary extends between southern latitude 1° 21’30’’and 1°36’11’’ and eastern longitudes 29°49’59’’and 29°59’50.’’ The hills in the marshy land are caused due to erosion and are found formed in round shape. Its geological formation consists of
Hydrology
The marsh land functions as a regulating basin to moderate the flows inflows and outflows and is given the epithet "earth kidneys". The marsh regulates, retains, and filters water resources which flow into the downstream lakes of
Flora
The floral species reported from the marsh are Miscanthidium violaceum, Cyperus latifolius and papyrus C. papyrus species is reported near the outlet of the lake.[1]
Avifauna
Of the 43 species of birds (all are resident birds) in the marsh and its surrounding Afrotropical Highlands biome, the globally threatened species under defined categories are the following.[1]
- Bradypterus graueri(Grauer's swamp-warbler) (EN)
- Laniarius mufumbiri(papyrus gonolek) (NT)
- Calamonastides gracilirostris(papyrus yellow warbler) (VU)
- Balearica regulorum(Grey crowned crane) (EN)
Apart from the above, some of the species of
- Cisticola carruthersi(Carruthers's cisticola)
- Bradypterus carpalis(white-winged scrub-warbler)
- Onychognathus tenuirostris(slender-billed starling)
- Ploceus baglafecht(baglafecht weaver)
- Nesocharis ansorgei(white-collared oliveback)
- Crithagra frontalis(yellow-browed citril)
- Crithagra koliensis(papyrus canary)
- Crithagra burtoni(thick-billed seedeater)
References
- ^ a b c d e f g "Rugezi Marsh". BirdLife International organization. Retrieved 23 April 2013.
- ^ a b c d e "The impact of wetlands degradation on water resources management in Rwanda: the case of Rugezi Marsh" (PDF). Institute of Scientific and Technological Research, Rwanda. Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 June 2014. Retrieved 23 April 2013.
- ^ World Database on Protected Areas
- ^ Hategekimana, Sylvère; Twarabamenye, Emmanuel (2007). "The impact of wetlands degradation on water resources management in Rwanda: the case of Rugezi Marsh". Paper presented at the International Symposium on Hydrology. Cairo, Egypt.