Rukwa Valley

E201896

Rukwa Valley is a region in southwestern Tanzania known for its fertile lowlands, proximity to Lake Rukwa, and as a traditional homeland of several ethnic groups including the Fipa people.

All labels observed (6)

Label Occurrences
Rukwa Valley canonical 5
Lake Rukwa area 1
Rukwa Bantu 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf geographical region ⓘ
valley ⓘ
administrativelyIn Katavi Region ⓘ
Rukwa Region ⓘ
borderedBy Mbeya highlands ⓘ
Ufipa Plateau ⓘ
country Tanzania ⓘ
drainageBasin Lake Rukwa basin ⓘ
ethnicGroupPresent Bende people ⓘ
Fipa people ⓘ
Konongo people ⓘ
Pimbwe people ⓘ
geologicalAge Cenozoic rift structure ⓘ
geologicalFeature rift valley ⓘ
hasBiodiversity savanna fauna ⓘ
wetland ecosystems near Lake Rukwa ⓘ
hasCharacteristic fertile lowlands ⓘ
hasClimate tropical savanna climate ⓘ
hasEconomicActivity fishing ⓘ
pastoralism ⓘ
subsistence farming ⓘ
hasLandform lowland ⓘ
hasLanguageCommunity Bende language speakers ⓘ
Fipa language speakers ⓘ
Pimbwe language speakers ⓘ
hasNearbyWaterBody Lake Rukwa ⓘ
hasSoilType alluvial soils ⓘ
hasVegetation grassland ⓘ
woodland ⓘ
knownFor ethnic diversity ⓘ
fertile agricultural land ⓘ
locatedIn East Africa ⓘ
southwestern Tanzania ⓘ
southwestern highlands zone of Tanzania ⓘ
locatedInAdministrative Rukwa Region ⓘ
locatedNear Lake Rukwa ⓘ
partOf East African Rift system ⓘ
linked to: East African Rift

Western Branch of the East African Rift ⓘ
linked to: Malawi Rift
regionType rural region ⓘ
traditionalHomelandOf Bende people ⓘ
Fipa people ⓘ
Konongo people ⓘ
Pimbwe people ⓘ
usedFor agriculture ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (10)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Fipa people → presentIn → Rukwa Valley ⓘ
Fipa language → belongsToBranch → Rukwa Bantu ⓘ
linked to: Rukwa Valley
Rukwa Region → hasNaturalFeature → Rukwa Valley ⓘ
Lake Rukwa → locatedIn → Rukwa Valley ⓘ
Lake Rukwa → isInRiftSegment → Rukwa Rift ⓘ
linked to: Rukwa Valley
Pimbwe → traditionalRegion → Lake Rukwa area ⓘ
linked to: Rukwa Valley
Rukwa Game Reserve → partOf → Rukwa Valley ⓘ
Konongo people → region → Rukwa Valley ⓘ
Konongo people → geographicEnvironment → Rukwa Valley lowlands ⓘ
linked to: Rukwa Valley
Konongo people → associatedWith → Rukwa Valley region of Tanzania ⓘ
linked to: Rukwa Valley