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Commune of Ntega in 2003-2004. The Nyavyamo marsh was used to cultivate sorghum upstream of Lake Narungazi. In August 2017 Melchior Nankwahomba, governor of Kirundo Province, launched the transplanting of rice seedlings in the Nyavyamo Marsh. The rice harvest was estimated to
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of the
Nyavyamo Marsh is Aw: Tropical savanna, wet. The average temperature is 20 °C (68 °F). The hottest month is September, at 22 °C (72 °F), and the coldest is April, at 18 °C (64 °F). The average rainfall is 1,170 millimetres (46 in) per year. The wettest
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be between 8 and 10 tons per hectare, or between 4,304 and 5,380 tonnes in total. In
December 2020 the Ministry of the Environment, Agriculture and Livestock of Burundi posted a request for consulting services on control and monitoring of hydro-agricultural works in the Nyavyamo and
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Projet d'Appui à la
Transformation de l'Agriculture dans la Région Naturelle de Bugesera (PATAREB): Contrôle et Surveillance des travaux d’aménagements hydro-agricoles des marais de Nyavyamo et Kabuyenge\
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protects Lake
Rwihinda, upstream from the Akanyaru wetlands. The lake covers 425 hectares (1,050 acres), but the protected area is 8,000 hectares (20,000 acres) to include the Nyavyamo swamps.
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Nyavyamo marsh. The area around the marsh is almost covered in fields. There are about 356 people per square kilometer around Nyavyamo, which is highly populated.
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marshes. In July 2023 Stecol
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663:U.S. Defense Mapping Agency (1994),
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304:Burundi : Le marais de Nyavyamo
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493:A List of Burundi Natural Reserves
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601:30 January
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289:References
233:Protection
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145:2°32′36″S
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688:Category
181:Location
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274:sorghum
220:Climate
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71:Burundi
639:9 June
614:Mindat
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132:French
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191:Ntega
171:marsh
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