The Wami River lies entirely within the Africa

Africa

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n nation of Tanzania

Tanzania

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 in the Pwani Region

Pwani Region

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 and Morogoro Region

Morogoro Region

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 in eastern Tanzania. Its source is specified in the Kaguru Mountains and it flows East entering the Indian Ocean

Indian Ocean

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 west of Zanzibar

Zanzibar

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. But its catchment area extends from the Kinyasangwe River to far byond Dodoma

Dodoma

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 to the southern edge of the Maasai Steppe and is denoted with 43,946 km². Only after leaving the Mkata River basin on the northern edge of the Mikumi National Park

Mikumi National Park

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 is its name Wami.
Due to deforestation and climatic changes in the region the runoff decrease.
Wami river is the southern border of Saadani National Park

Saadani National Park

Saadani National Park is Tanzania's 13th National Park. Tourists can view animals basking along the Indian Ocean shores. It has an area of 1100 km2 and was established in 2005 from an a game reserve which had existed from 1969...

, the only coastal National Park in Tanzania.

Hydrometry

The flow of the river observed over 30 years (1954-84) in Mandera a town about 50 km above the mouth. The at Mandera observed average annual flow during this period was 60.6 m³ / s fed by an area of ​​about 82% of the total catchment area of the River.



The average monthly flow of the river Wami hydrological station of Mandera (in m³ / s )< br /> (Calculated using the data for a period of 30 years, 1954-84)