Kikafu River

Kikafu River
Kikafu River photo taken during the German colonial period c.1906
Native name	Mto Kikafu (Swahili)
Location
Country	Tanzania
Region	Kilimanjaro Region
District	Moshi District
Ward	Machame Mashariki
Physical characteristics
Source
• location	Machame Mashariki, Moshi District
• coordinates	03°26′8.16″S 37°18′16.02″E
Basin features
River system	Pangani River
Tributaries
• left	Marire River
• right	Makoo River

Kikafu River(Mto Kikafu in Swahili) is located in the northern Kilimanjaro Region, Tanzania. It begins in Machame Mashariki ward in Moshi District and drains into the Pangani River.^[1][2] The river plays an important part of Chagga history in the Chagga kingdom of Machame.^[3][4][5][6]

References

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3. "Kikafu profile". Retrieved 2023-05-09.
4. Rotich, Stella C., and Deogratias MM Mulungu. "Adaptation to climate change impacts on crop water requirements in Kikafu catchment, Tanzania." Journal of Water and Climate Change 8.2 (2017): 274-292.
5. Labiak, Paulo H. “Stenogrammitis, a New Genus of Grammitid Ferns Segregated from Lellingeria (Polypodiaceae).” Brittonia, vol. 63, no. 1, 2011, pp. 139–49. JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/41406773. Accessed 9 May 2023.
6. Tschannerl, Gerhard. “RURAL WATER-SUPPLY IN TANZANIA: IS ‘POLITICS’ OR ‘TECHNIQUE’ IN COMMAND?” The African Review: A Journal of African Politics, Development and International Affairs, vol. 6, no. 2, 1976, pp. 108–66. JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/45341412. Accessed 9 May 2023.