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rainy region, and by their junction in 8° 35' S., 370 25' E., the Rufiji proper may be said to be formed. The Luvegu rises 10° 50' S., 35° 50' E., and flows N.E. in a wooded valley, generally narrow, and bordered by a broken See also:

COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country in See also:

GREAT

great See also:

PART

part uninhabited and covered with thin See also:

FOREST

forest. In' its lower course it is a large stream—too to 150 yds. wide. The Ulanga is formed by a number of streams descending from the See also:

OUTER

outer escarpment of the high See also:

plateau which runs N.E. from the See also:

head of See also:

Lake See also:

NYASA

Nyasa and in Uhehe becomes broken up ,in ranges of mountains. The most important head-stream, the Ruhudye, rises in about 9° 30' S., 34° 40' E. As a whole, the Ulanga valley is broad, level and swampy, the river See also:

RUNNING

running in a very winding course and sending off many diverging arms. It is navigable throughout the greater part of its course, having even in the dry See also:

SEASON (0. Fr. seson, seison, mod. saison, Lat. satio, sowing time, the spring, from serere, to sow; in Late Lat. the word is found with its present meaning, the spring being considered as particularly the season of the year)

season a See also:

general See also:

DEPTH

depth of 3 to 12 ft., with a width of 40 to 120 yds. In See also:

APRIL

April and May nearly all the streams overflow their See also:

banks and See also:

COVER (from the Fr. convert, from couvrir, to cover, Lat. cooperire)

cover a great part of the See also:

PLAIN (O. Fr. plain, from Lat. plenum)

plain. Just below the junction of the Luvegu and Ulanga, the Rufiji flows through a narrow pass by the Shuguli falls, and continues N.E. in a fairly straight course to the junction of the' Ruaha, in 7° 55' S., 37° 52' E. The most remote branches of the Ruaha rise N. of Lake Nyasa in the See also:

LIVINGSTONE, DAVID (1813-1873)

Livingstone mountains.

The See also:

UNITED

united stream makes a wide sweep to the N. of the Uhehe mountains,' from which it receives various tributaries, finally flowing S.E. and E. to the ,Rufiji. A little below the junction the Rufiji is broken by the Pangani falls, but is thence navigable by small steamers to its delta. In this part of its course the river receives no large tributaries but sends out divergent channels. The country on either See also:

side is a generally level plain, inundated, on the See also:

south, in the rains, and the river varies in width from too to 400 yds., with an See also:

AVERAGE

average current of 3 M. an See also:

HOUR

hour. The main mouth of the river is that known as Simba Uranga, the See also:

bar of which can be crossed by ocean vessels at high water, but all the branches are very shallow as the See also:

APEX

apex of the delta is approached. Much of the delta is suited for See also:

rice-growing.

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