Kafufu River
The Kafufu or Kavu is a river of southwestern Tanzania. It flows through the Rukwa Valley, flowing between Lake Chad and emptying into Lake Rukwa. The river is deep and has a rapid flow. The Kafufu valley has significant reserves of iron and coal.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Stream
- Description: river in Tanzania
- Also known as: “Kavu River” and “Kavuu”
Kafufu River
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: Katavi, Tanzania, East Africa, Africa
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Satellite Map
Discover Kafufu River from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Fulah to Welsh—“Kafufu River” goes by many names.
- Fulah: “Kool Kafufu”
- Hausa: “Kogin Kafufu”
- Irish: “Abhainn Kafufu”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Kafufu”
- Norwegian: “Kafufu”
- Swahili: “Mto Kafufu”
- Uzbek: “Kafufu daryosi”
- Welsh: “Afon Kafufu”
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About Mapcarta. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Kafufu River”. Photo: Muhammad Mahdi Karim, GFDL.