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Likangala River

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Rice Irrigation scheme which was established in 1969, which caters to about 200 farmers and covers an area of 415 ha in size. Communities living in the catchment benefit from many provisioning services including wild foods, reeds, sand, stone, fish and wood. Water quality of the Likangala varies
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Pullanikkatil, Deepa; Palamuleni, Lobina; Ruhiiga, Tabukeli (1 June 2016). "Assessment of land use change in Likangala River catchment, Malawi: A remote sensing and DPSIR approach".
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Chidya, R. C. G.; Sajidu, S. M. I.; Mwatseteza, J. F.; Masamba, W. R. L. (1 January 2011). "Evaluation and assessment of water quality in Likangala River and its catchment area".
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The river has a length of 50 km and flows along varying topography between elevations of 1265 m and 790 m above sea level. Its catchment covers 756 km.
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Ullberg, M., 2015. Temporal water quality study of the heavily human-impacted Likangala River, Zomba, Malawi. Uppsala University.
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It is an important river providing water for domestic uses and irrigation. It is also the river that provides water for the
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along its length, and point and non-point sources of pollution impact on it. Where it passes by the city
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Children collect water on the stretch of the Likangala River that flows through Zomba.
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Pullanikkatil, D.; Palamuleni, L. G.; Ruhiiga, T. M. (3 July 2015).
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and flows through both urban and rural areas before it flows into
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http://uu.diva-portal.org/smash/get/diva2:787196/FULLTEXT01.pdf
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http://www.birdlife.org/datazone/sitefactsheet.php?id¼6678
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Zomba
Malawi
Lake Chilwa
UNESCO
Ramsar site
Likangala
Zomba
waste water treatment
algae
http://www.birdlife.org/datazone/sitefactsheet.php?id¼6678
"Malawi - Ramsar"
Bibcode
2011PCE....36..865C
doi
10.1016/j.pce.2011.07.070
doi
10.1016/j.apgeog.2016.04.005
"Impact of land use on water quality in the Likangala catchment, southern Malawi"
doi
10.2989/16085914.2015.1077777
http://uu.diva-portal.org/smash/get/diva2:787196/FULLTEXT01.pdf
15°25′S 35°36′E / 15.417°S 35.600°E / -15.417; 35.600
Categories
Wetlands of Malawi
Rivers of Malawi

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