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Administration (2007)
Rakai District Local
Rainy season: Kooki hills in the background overlooking Lake Kijanebarola, Rakai District (NEMA 2008)
Origin of Lake Kijanebarola and River Rwizi-Kibare-Bukora system
During the formation of the Western Rift valley system, 5 m; and occupies a wide and streak valley, covering a
landscape was tilted eastwards which led to rivers and surface area of 35 km
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and with a circumference of about
streams being reversed to flow through new routes 88 km. The name of the lake itself implies that it was
on a down warped landscape and drowned valleys. formed when people were there seeing. Although the age
Consequently, a fairly long river system of Rwizi-Kibare- of the lake is not readily known, it is a recent formation
Bukora developed. The system originates from its and could be traced and estimated through both scientific
uppermost catchment in the south-western highlands of and folklore means.
Itojo, Rwampara, and Buhweju in Ntungamo, Mbarara and
Bushenyi districts, respectively. Due to the down warping The water catchments of the rivers and lakes are
effects, depressions were formed along its course, which experiencing heavy population pressures, which become
were filled with water both from the river flow and from the key driver of environmental change in the area. Due
micro-catchments to form lakes Kacheera, Mburo and to population pressure, land degradation has increased
Kijanebarola. On its long course from the highlands to to unprecedented magnitudes, especially through loss of
Lake Victoria, the river flows out of lakes, Kacheera and vegetation cover and soil erosion. This is thought to have
Mburo, through Kanagisa wetlands - a poorly defined reduced the hydrological potential of the catchments and
valley system with numerous shallow depressions choked consequently the volumes of water flowing through the
by wetlands; and then into Kijanebalola, a rather streak river to the lakes. In addition, heavy silting of the river
valley that was filled by water from the river and flanking valleys and the lakes has the effect of reduced the water
cathments to form the lake. From Lake Kejanebarola, the holding capacity of these water systems; and worse still,
system changes into Kibare-Bukora Rivers, which drain the shallow nature of the lakes and the high potential
the Kooki hills through the Sango Bay plains, and then into evaporation rates in the area may augment the problem.
Lake Victoria via the western shores.
Environmental change
The Lake Kijanebalola feature is itself a recent formation, Of recent both the river system and the lakes through
which is a result of drowning of part of Rwizi-Kibare river which it drains have experienced heavy silting and
course. It is a very shallow lake with an average depth of this has affected the water quality to the extent that
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