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Nyabarongo River Wetlands Map of Rwanda, showing location of Nyabarongo River.
Coordinates 2°21′04″S 30°21′27″E / 2.35111°S 30.3575°ECoordinates: 2°21′04″S 30°21′27″E / 2.35111°S 30.3575°E The Nyabarongo River Wetlands is a protected area in Rwanda[1], covering 142.62 km². It is of great importance for biodiversity conservation, especially birds, with species such as the endangered Madagascar Pond heron Aldeora idae, the Near-threatened Papyrus Gonolek Laniarius mufumbiri, the Vulnerable Grey Crowned Crane Balearica regulorum, and the Sitatunga Tragelaphus spekii.[2]
The following species in the Nyabarongo River Wetlands are red-listed as endangered: Papyrus Gonolek (Laniarius mufumbiri), Carruthers's Cisticola (Cisticola carruthersi), White-winged Scrub-warbler (Bradypterus carpalis), Papyrus Yellow Warbler (Chloropeta gracilirostris), Sharpe's Pied-babbler (Turdoides sharpei), Northern Brown-throated Weaver (Ploceus castanops), White-collared Oliveback (Nesocharis ansorgei), and Papyrus Canary (Serinus koliensis)[3].
The wetlands are hydrated by the Nyabarongo River, a tributary of the Nile, which empties into the Akagera River (also known as Kagera) which, in turn, flows into Lake Victoria.[4] The Nyabarongo is a real source of the Nile, beginning from its congruent with Mukungwa river, 20 kilometers North-West of Kigali, it flows southwards to meet the Akanyaru river, and then it becomes Akagera, the great river that defines the border with Tanzania.[5]
Nyabarongo wetlands are under serious pressure from agriculture and are completely unprotected.[6]
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Categories:- Protected areas of Rwanda
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