MENU Dry Outflow from Ruaha Park 68 km. from Park HQ The surface flow is visibly retreating towards the Ruaha Park Headquarter (Center of Park). Flow at the Msembe Bridge (reference location for “Zero Flow”) is still adequate to reach this downstream location.
Category Archives: Flow Status
Critical Low Outflow Ihefu Swamp
MENU Overflow Ihefu Swamp reaches critical low level on September 22, 2026 With the critical low outflow at VDAS 405 (idodi) some 30km downstream of the N’giriama sill, zero flow at Park HQ is immenent and expected in October 2026.
Kapunga Intake and Abstraction
MENU Pre-IRR Kapunga with critical flow in Ruaha and imminent zero flow Ruaha River at Park HQ Kapunga Intake on August 5, 2026 and HR Nov 10, 2023 On November 10, 2023, the Ruaha River flow dropped under the critically low flow level (zero flow at Ruaha Park HQ Oct. 17 2023). The first riceContinue reading “Kapunga Intake and Abstraction”
Mbarali River NAFCO Headworks
MENU Sustained drying Mbarali River at New NAFCO headworks Zero Overflow detected on August 28, 2026 The 5m resolution timeseries of the new nafco headworks in the Mbarali River suggests the drying of the mbarali at the weir. Visual inspection of the remaining flow in main canal and downstream form the basis for the conclusionContinue reading “Mbarali River NAFCO Headworks”
Dry Usangu Rice Plain with very limited abstraction to salvage (June 14, 2025)
Usangu Rice Plain Drainage Dry Usangu Rice Plain with very limited abstraction to salvage (June 14, 2025) Compare both current false color and NBR images of the Kapunga – Ifushiro rice fields with one month ago where deep red (high turgor crop) and dark green (potential irrigated crop and saturated basins) has almost all dried.Continue reading “Dry Usangu Rice Plain with very limited abstraction to salvage (June 14, 2025)”
Return of Flow at Mtera, first week of January, 2026
Great Ruaha River flows into Mtera Reservoir, January 2026 Between January 2 and 11, 2026 return of flow Due to 10 days of cloudiness, it is attempted to be narrowed using SAR (Radar) data from Sentinel-1 satellite to narrow down on the actual date of “return of flow”. Unfortunately only January 11, 2026 has dataContinue reading “Return of Flow at Mtera, first week of January, 2026”
Almost Real Time Ruaha River Flow Status – 2024
Almost Real Time Ruaha River Flow Status – 2024 Ruaha River Flow Monitor Tool (Remote Sensing) Flow Status Today: 15 Days of Zero Flow in 2024
Almost Real Time Ruaha River Flow Status
☕ Loading map… please wait Almost Real Time Ruaha River Flow Status A Total ofdays of zero flow at Ruaha Park in 2026.
Interactive Map – Improved Visualisation Flow Monitor
Interactive Map – Improved Visualisation Flow Monitor The introduction of the interactive ‘Google Earth Engine Maps’ on the “Maji Yetu” Flow Monitor Platform, provides an improved visualisation of the flow reduction of the Ruaha River and eventually registration of zero flow. Low Flow reduction, ceasing and return can be analysed by the users. The interactiveContinue reading “Interactive Map – Improved Visualisation Flow Monitor”
GEE_MAP2
Drying of Ruaha River at Mtera, September 24, 2024 You can use the buttons to follow the time series of reduced or returning flow in the Ruaha River during the dry season of 2024-2025 at Mtera. Alert 1 with the aim to predict the flow status upstream of the “Mtera” zero flow VDAS, one monthContinue reading “GEE_MAP2”