| Kikafu River | |
|---|---|
 Kikafu River photo taken during the German colonial period c.1906 | |
| Native name | Mto Kikafu (Swahili) |
| Location | |
| Country |  Tanzania |
| Region | Kilimanjaro Region |
| District | Moshi District |
| Ward | Machame Mashariki |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | |
| • location | Machame Mashariki, Moshi District |
| • coordinates | 03°26′8.16″S 37°18′16.02″E / 3.4356000°S 37.3044500°E |
| Basin features | |
| River system | Pangani River |
| Tributaries | |
| • left | Marire River |
| • right | Makoo River |
Kikafu River(Mto Kikafu in Swahili) is located in the northern Kilimanjaro Region, Tanzania. It begins in Machame Mashariki ward in Moshi District and drains into the Pangani River.[1][2] The river plays an important part of Chagga history in the Chagga kingdom of Machame.[3][4][5][6]
References
- ↑ "Kikafu River". Retrieved 2023-05-09.
- ↑ Stambach, Amy. "Kilimanjaro Below the Glaciers." Ecocene: Cappadocia Journal of Environmental Humanities 2.1 (2021): 73-80.
- ↑ "Kikafu profile". Retrieved 2023-05-09.
- ↑ Rotich, Stella C., and Deogratias MM Mulungu. "Adaptation to climate change impacts on crop water requirements in Kikafu catchment, Tanzania." Journal of Water and Climate Change 8.2 (2017): 274-292.
- ↑ Labiak, Paulo H. “Stenogrammitis, a New Genus of Grammitid Ferns Segregated from Lellingeria (Polypodiaceae).” Brittonia, vol. 63, no. 1, 2011, pp. 139–49. JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/41406773. Accessed 9 May 2023.
- ↑ Tschannerl, Gerhard. “RURAL WATER-SUPPLY IN TANZANIA: IS ‘POLITICS’ OR ‘TECHNIQUE’ IN COMMAND?” The African Review: A Journal of African Politics, Development and International Affairs, vol. 6, no. 2, 1976, pp. 108–66. JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/45341412. Accessed 9 May 2023.
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