Kogin Kagera

Kogin Kagera
General information
Tsawo	400 km
Labarin ƙasa
Tsarin Daidaiton Labarin Kasa	0°56′41″S 31°46′36″E / 0.9447°S 31.7767°E / -0.9447; 31.7767
Kasa	Burundi, Ruwanda, Tanzaniya da Uganda
Hydrography (en)
Tributary (en)	duba Kogin Nyabarongo Kogin Rurubu
Watershed area (en)	60,000 km²
Ruwan ruwa	Nile basin (en)
Tabkuna	Lake Victoria (en)
River mouth (en)	Lake Victoria (en)

Kogin Kagera, wanda aka fi sani da Kogin Akagera, ko Alexandra Nile, kogi ne na Afirka ta Gabas, yanayin wani ɓangare na saman ruwan Kogin Nilu kuma yana ɗaukar ruwa daga asalinsa mafi nisa.^[1] 167 Tare da tsawon 597 kilomita (371 mi) ) daga tushenta dake Tafkin Rweru a Rwanda.

Bangaren kogi mai suna Kagera ya fara ne daga Burundi, yana malala daga Tafkin Rweru. Daga tabkin, yana kwarara gabas ta kan iyakar Rwanda-Burundi da Rwanda-Tanzania don haɗuwa da Kogin Ruvubu. Ta haka ne aka samar da ruwan Kagera ta wasu manyan rafuka guda biyu, Nyabarongo na Rwanda, wanda ke ciyar da Tafkin Rweru, da kuma Ruvubu na Burundi. Ba a san ko wanne daga cikin waɗannan kogunan ciyarwar guda biyu ne ya fi tsayi ba saboda haka shine asalin Nilu. Daga wurin haduwa, Kagera yana kwarara zuwa arewa ta kan iyakar Rwanda da Tanzania, a kan Rusumo Falls da kuma ta Akagera National Park. Daga nan sai ya juya zuwa gabas, yana bin iyakar Tanzania da Uganda kuma ya wofinta zuwa Tafkin Victoria a Uganda. A cikin 1898, Richard Kandt ya gano asalin Kagera.^[2]

Kogin ya yi fice sosai a tarihin kasashen da ya ratsa, musamman Ruwanda. A cikin 1894, Bajamushe Gustav Adolf von Götzen ya tsallaka Kagera a Rusumo Falls, ya fara zamanin mulkin mallakar Rwandan; kuma a cikin 1916, a lokacin Yaƙin Duniya na ɗaya, ’yan Beljiyam suka ci Jamusawa, suka shiga Rwanda ta wannan hanyar. Kogin ya sami daraja a duniya a cikin 1994 saboda daukar gawarwaki daga kisan kiyashin Rwandan zuwa Lake Victoria, wanda ya sa aka ayyana dokar ta baci a yankunan Yuganda, inda daga karshe wadannan gawawwaki suka tafi.

1. ↑ Stanley, H.M., 1899, Through the Dark Continent, London: G. Newnes, 08033994793.ABA
2. ↑ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2019-09-21.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)