The Rumpungwe River (french: Rivière Rumpungwe) is a river that defines part of the border between Burundi and Tanzania.

Course

The Rumpungwe River rises in Cankuzo Province and flows southeast to the Burundi–Tanzania border. There it turns to flow southwest along the Cankuzo–Tanzania border. It enters

Ruyigi Province Ruyigi Province is one of the 18 provinces of Burundi. Communes It is divided administratively into the following communes: * Commune of Butaganzwa * Commune of Butezi * Commune of Bweru * Commune of Gisuru The commune of Gisuru is a commun ...

and flows through the southeast corner of that province, then returns to follow the southern Ruyigi–Tanzania border. A short distance along the border between Rutana Province and Tanzania the Rumpungwe joins the

Malagarasi River The Malagarasi River is a river in western Tanzania, flowing through Kigoma Region, although one of its tributaries comes from southeastern Burundi. The river also forms the western border of Tabora Region, the southern border of Kagera Region and ...

, which enters Tanzania and flows southeast. The Malagarasi River rises less than from

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and flows northeast along the Burundi-Tanzania border to its junction with the Rumpungwe. The Rumpungwe River collects the waters of the northern part of the Moso depression, while the Malagarazi River collects the waters of the southern part. The river irrigates part of the

Commune of Kinyinya The commune of Kinyinya is a commune of Ruyigi Province in eastern Burundi. The capital lies at Kinyinya Kinyinya is a city in eastern Burundi, close to the border with Tanzania Tanzania (; ), officially the United Republic of Tanzania ...

in the south of Ruyigi Province.

Events

In November 2016 Christian Joly represented the European Union at the inauguration of a Bailey bridge carrying the RN11 highway over the Rumpungwe River in the

, Ruyigi Province. In May 2022 hippopotamus along the Rumpungwe River in the

Commune of Cendajuru The commune of Cendajuru is a commune of Cankuzo Province in north-eastern Burundi Burundi (, ), officially the Republic of Burundi ( rn, Repuburika y’Uburundi ; Swahili language, Swahili: ''Jamuhuri ya Burundi''; French language, French ...

, Cankuzo Province, were destroying rice, cassava and bean crops and terrorizing the local population.

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