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Lumi River (East Africa)

River in Rombo District, Kilimanjaro Region, Tanzania

Field	Value
name	Lumi
image_size	300
map_size	300
source1_location	Rombo District, Kilimanjaro
mouth_location	Lake Jipe
subdivision_type1	Country
subdivision_name1	Tanzania
subdivision_type2	Country
subdivision_name2	Kenya
mouth_elevation	707 m
basin_size_km2	451
river_system	Pangani River

The River Lumi (also Lomi or Luffu) is located in Rombo District, Kilimanjaro in northereast Tanzania and a small part in southern Kenya in Coast Province. It originates on the east side of Mawenzi peak on the east side of (Mount Kilimanjaro), and flows so close to the River Rombo as almost to form a fork. The Lumi, however, maintains its southerly direction, and may thus be said to represent the upper course of the Ruvu, one of tho two main sources of the Pangani River. It flows around the Lake Chala and the Taveta town in the west and empties into the Lake Jipe. The fish species Barbus sp. 'Pangani' has only been found in the river's N'joro Springs, situated in the upper Pangani River drainage basin.

Wetland management

Most water taken from the Lumi is from the section that flows through Kenya. After the building of several dams along the Kenyan side of the Lumi, and with several periods of reduced rainfall, the dry up of Lake Jipe became a concern, necessitating wetland management programs. During the period of 2004–2006, the United Nations Development Programme GEF Small Grants Programme and the Biodiversity Conservation Programme of the European Union have completed a de-siltation and restoration project of the river's original course.

References

"BASELINE SURVEY REPORT FOR LAKE JIPE".
(2003). "Pangani basin: a situation analysis". IUCN.
Maltby, Edward. (2009). "The wetlands handbook". John Wiley & Sons.
(2006). "Rehabilitation of Lake Jipe Ecosystem: River Lumi Banks Stabilization and Rehabilitation of Irrigation Canals (KEN-GEF-04-020)". GEF Small Grants Programme.

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