Flow at Ruaha Park HQ
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The annually remotely sensed Zero Flow events are archived (see footer).
Flow Direction Ruaha from South to East
| Virtual Flow Stations | Elaboration |
| Mtera Virtual Drainage Station | Early warning for zero flow prevention. Alerts 1 and 2. |
| Msembe Bridge (Park HQ) as reference virtual flow station for prevention Zero Flow (2022) | Monitored drying of pools (2022) indicates severity, zero flow period |
| N’giriama Overflow Ihefu Swamp Remotely Monitored | Last warning (2022) Zero Flow at Park HQ (Msembe Bridge) |
| Low Flow Drainage from Usangu Rice at Nyaluhanga Alert 3 with drop drainage under ~ 8 cumecs | Usangu Rice Drainage flow measurements, essential in the prediction of zero flow at Park HQ are not yet reliable |
| Usangu Rice Plain (Ruaha Spill – Mbarali Spill – Madibira Spill NBR – NIR) | Main area diversion and spill low flow period when zero flow occurs |
| Main Mbarali River Diversion at the New NAFCO headworks | Monitor Low Flow (~<2cumecs) which is all diverted into the Mbarali Main Canal and impact of diversion on downstream drainage (2023) |
| Two Subcatchments (details) | Ruaha (left) ~ 50 years stable low flow (2 cumecs) Mbarali from > 4 cumecs declined to < 1 cumecs |