Ruaha

Proto-West-Ruvu-speaking communities positioned themselves between the Wami and Great Ruaha Rivers, perhaps as far as 150 miles west of the proto-Ruvu homeland.

Societies, Religion, and History: Central East Tanzanians and the World They Created, c. 200 BCE to 1800 CE 2008

A large area of the reserve is drained by the Rufiji River which with its tributary the Ruaha drains most of south-central Tanzania and is formed where the Kilombero and Luwegu rivers join above the Shughuli Falls.

Selous Game Reserve, Tanzania 2008

At top, from left, the view from a temporary camp; Pius Raphael, senior tracker; an elephant that passed by the tents; cooking a meal by the Ruaha river.

Shadows in the Bush, Part II: Phil Caputo Hunts African Cape Buffalo in Tanzania 2005

Ruaha is a connecting point between the southern Acacia-Commiphora bushland and thicket and the Central Zambezian Miombo woodlands.

Southern Acacia-Commiphora bushlands and thickets 2007

Masai, Mbugu and Taturu, and on the south by the Ruaha river.

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 3 "Banks" to "Bassoon" Various

Dar-es-Salam or Zanzibar was changed so as to conform with civil limits; the new boundary is the line separating Bagamoyo and Morogoro from Dar-es-Salam and Ruffi, then the Rivers Ruaha, and Umeroke, and finally the railway from the Indian Ocean to the town of Tabora.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 16 [Supplement] 1840-1916 1913

Bagamoyo and Dar-es-Salem was modified by a Decree of 7 May, 1913; it is now the line separating Bagamoyo and Morogoro from Dar-es-Salem and Rufiji; then the rivers Ruaha and Umeroke and finally the railway from the Indian Ocean to Tabora.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 16 [Supplement] 1840-1916 1913

Zungomero is a terminus or junction of two roads leading to the interior -- one, the northern, crossing over the Goma Pass, and trenching on the Mukondokua river, and the other crossing over the Mabruki Pass, and edging on the Ruaha river.

The Discovery of the Source of the Nile John Hanning Speke 1845

So indeed we found it; for although this wilderness was formerly an entire forest of trees and wild animals, numerous Wakimbu, who formerly occupied the banks of the Ruaha to the southward, had been driven to migrate here, wherever they could find springs of water, by the boisterous naked pastorals the Warori.

The Discovery of the Source of the Nile John Hanning Speke 1845

To avoid this latter country, then, we selected the southern route, as by doing so it was hoped we might follow the course of the Ruaha river from Maroro to Usenga and Usanga, and thence strike across to Unyanyembe, sweeping clear of Ugogo.

The Discovery of the Source of the Nile John Hanning Speke 1845