National adaptation plan of action (NAPA)
No Thumbnail Available
Date
2007
Journal Title
Journal ISSN
Volume Title
Publisher
Ministry for land management, tourism and environment
Abstract
Burundi, a landlocked country in the middle of Central Africa covers an area of 27,834 km². Its relief forms a complex of five geomorphologic zones including the Imbo floodplain, the Congo-Nile watershed, the central plateaus and the depressions of Bugesera and Kumoso.
The climate varies according to altitude. The altitudes above 2000 m, materialised by the Congo-Nile watershed have mean precipitation ranging between 1400 mm and 1600 mm and annual mean temperature oscillating around 15°C with the minima sometimes going as down as 0°C. The central plateaus, whose altitude oscillates between 1500 and 2000 m, receive approximately 1200 mm of annual precipitation with 18 to 20°C of average temperature. The zones of altitudes below 1400 m in the Imbo floodplain and the depressions of Kumoso and Bugesera have annual mean precipitation below 1200 mm and sometimes below 1000 mm, and average annual temperature above 20°C.
The country is divided into two large catchments areas: The Nile basin that includes on the one hand the Ruvubu and its tributaries and on the other hand the Kanyaru, Kagera tributaries, and the Congo River basin
Description
Adaptation Strategy
Keywords
Citation
Ministry for land management, tourism and environment. (2007). National adaptation plan of action (NAPA). Ministry for land management, tourism and environment