Utajiri na Rasilimali za Tanzania

Tin-Tungsten:

Tin and Tungsten have been produced from both lode, alluvial and eluvial deposits from the Karagwe Tinfields in the extreme Northwest of Tanzania. Mineralization is associated with the Late Proterozoic Karagwe-Ankolean System
 
Gemstones:

Tanzania is endowed with various species of colored gemstones including the beautiful Tanzanite (blue zoisite) occurring in the Proterozoic metamorphic rocks of the Usagaran and Ubendian Systems.

Tanzanite is mined at Mererani from weathered rock, sometimes in association with bands, which are also of commercial value. Other gemstones mined in the country include ruby, rhodolite, sapphire, emerald, amethyst, chrysoprase, peridot and tormaline. Recently, a major alluvial occurrence was discovered in the southern region of Ruvuma, Mtwara and Lindi. Varieties include chrysoberyl, spinels, sapphire, garnets, zircons and diamonds.

Official gemstone exports were approximately US$10 million in 1996 majority of which were exported uncut. Great potential exists in the establishment of lapidary and jewelry manufacturing industry
 
Carbonates:

Well over 20 carbonates associated with Mesozoic-Cainozoic volcanics have been identified in the country which could prove to be useful source of rare earth elements, niobium and phosphates.
 
Coal:

Coal resources similar in quality to the Gondwana coals of southern Africa occur in the Ruhuhu and Songwe-Kiwira basins in the Southwest Tanzania. A total of about 1 .5 billion tonnes in reserves have so far been identified.

The country's only coal mine at Kiwira has an average annual output of 35,000 tonnes - all of which is consumed mostly locally for power generation.
 
Industrial Minerals:

Limestone and dolomite-good resources of high purity occur in the white marble deposit of the Morogoro Region. Potential for dimension stone and refractory grade limestone is therefore excellent.

A variety of clays - bentonite, kaolin and fullers earth - in size-able deposits have been identified and are only scantily exploited. The Pugu kaolin deposit located some 30 kms West of Dar es Salaam has a great potential for development.

Evaporates and saline deposits of economic significance are associated with the rift valley lakes. Investigations of the Soda ash deposits at Lake Natron revealed a potential recovery of over one million tonnes a year. Currently, salt production stands at 105,000 tonnes per annum.

Graphite occurs in high-grade gneisses mainly ion the Usagaran system. Sufficient reserve have been identified at Merelani, northern Tanzania, for a 40 year operation at a mining rate of 15,000 tonnes per year of high grade flake graphite of 97-98% purity. The mine will also producer Tanzanite, which occur in association with graphite.

Phosphate deposits have been exploited at Minjingu in Arusha Region at around 48,000 tonnes per year in order to support fertiliser manufacturing. Following the closure of the fertiliser plant in Tanga, current production is mainly used for direct application.
 
Water Resource:

One third of Tanzania receives less than 800 mm of rainfall and is thus arid or semi-arid. Only one-third of the rest of the country has precipitation of above 1,000 mm. Also the long dry season, normally extending from June to October, has an effect on low river flows and drying of water reservoirs. However, about 7 per cent of Tanzania land surface is covered by lakes which border the country apart from other inland lakes. These include lake Victoria (second largest fresh water lake in the world), Lake Tanganyika (second deepest lake in the world), and lake Nyasa. Inland lakes includes Lakes Rukwa, Eyasi and Manyara. There are also big rivers flowing to the lakes. Ground water is also another source of water for both urban andrural settlement areas.
 
Source: Tanzania National Website

Water Resources Available:

Tanzania has sufficient water resources to meet most of its present needs and they include surface and underground sources. About 7 percent of the land surface is covered by 3 lakes (all of them fresh water) which border the country apart from other inland lakes. The three lakes include Lake Victoria (second largest fresh water lake in the world), Lake Tanganyika (second deepest lake in the world) and Lake Nyasa. Inland Lakes include Rukwa, Eyasi and Manyara. There are also big rivers flowing to the lakes. Underground water is also another important source of water for both urban and rural settlement areas.

There is a great variation of water availability between different parts of the country. The variation is explained by differences in topography, rainfall parten and climate. About one third of Tanzania receives less than 800mm of rainfall per annum and they are considered as arid or semi arid. Also Tanzania experiences a long dry season normally extending from June to October which has an effect of low river flows and drying of water reserves.
 
Surface Water:

Surface water resources in Tanzania consist of lakes, rivers, springs, man-made reservoirs and natural ponds. Considerable water resources exist in the country's Lakes namely Tanganyika, Nyasa, Rukwa, Eyasi and Natron.

About 50% of the surface run off water is derived from the main rivers flowing directly to the Indian Ocean and these are: Pangani, Wami, Mkondoa, Ruvu, Rufiji, Ruaha, Kilombero, Mbarangandu, Matandu, Mbwemkulu, Lukuledi and Ruvuma. The remaining 50 percent is divided into surface water drainage into the main internal drainage basins which have no outlet to the sea (Lake Rukwa, Bubu depression complex, Lake Eyasi and Lake Manyara), others flowing into lake Victoria (Meri, Maru and Kagera rivers), River Malagarasi draining into Lake Tanganyika and rivers Songwe and Ruhuhu draining southwards into Lake Nyasa Zambezi River system.
 
Wetlands:

Tanzania has 5, 439,000 ha. of lakes and swamps which represent 5.8 percent of the total land surface; but this number excludes seasonally inundated flood plains.
 
Drainage Systems:

Tanzania is divided into five major drainage systems and these are (1) the Indian Ocean drainage system (2) the Internal drainage of Lake Eyasi, Natron and Bubu Depression complex, (3) the internal drainage of Lake Rukwa, (4) Atlantic Ocean drainage system and (5) Mediterranean Sea Drainage system.
 
Ground Water Resources:

Ground water is a major source of water for many areas in Tanzania and actually the most viable alternative supplement in the central and northern parts of the country/the drier regions of Dodoma, Singida, Shinyanga, Tabora, Mwanza, Mara, Arusha, Coast and Southern Kilimanjaro.
 
Source: Water profile of Tanzania

Water Resources

Tanzania has nine major drainage basins that, according to the recipient water body, can be categorized as follows:

Draining to the Mediterranean Sea:

The Lake Victoria basin, which is part of the Nile River basin.

Draining to the Indian Ocean:


  1. The Pangani River basin;
  2. The Ruvu/Wami River basin;
  3. The Rufiji River basin;
  4. The Ruvuma River and Southern Coast basin;
  5. The Lake Nyasa (Lake Malawi) basin, which is part of the Zambezi River basin;

Draining to the Atlantic Ocean:

The Lake Tanganyika basin, which is part of the Congo River basin.

Rift Valley (endorheic) basins, of which amongst others:


  1. The Lake Eyasi and Bubu depression;
  2. Lake Manyara;
  3. The Lake Rukwa basin.
River regimes follow the general rainfall pattern. River discharge and lake levels start rising in November-December and generally reach their maximum in March-April with a recession period from May to October/November. Many of the larger rivers have flood plains, which extend far inland with grassy marshes, flooded forests, and ox-bow lakes.

Total renewable water resources amount to 93 cubic kilometers per year (km3/yr), of which 84 km3/yr are internally produced and 9 km3/yr are accounted for by the Ruvuma River, which flows on the border between Tanzania and Mozambique.

Renewable groundwater resources are estimated at 30 km3/yr, of which all but 4 km3/yr are considered to be overlap between surface water and groundwater.

About 5.7 percent of the total land area of the United Republic of Tanzania is covered by three lakes, which also form the border to neighboring countries:

Lake Victoria, which is part of the Nile River basin, is shared with Kenya and Uganda. Its total area is 68,800 km2, of which 51 percent belong to the United Republic of Tanzania.

Lake Tanganyika, which is part of the Congo River basin, is shared with Burundi, Democratic Republic of Congo, and Zambia. Its total area is 32,900 km2, of which 41 percent belong to the United Republic of Tanzania.

Lake Nyasa or Lake Malawi, which is part of the Zambezi River basin, is shared with Malawi and Mozambique. Its total area is 30,800 km2, of which the United Republic of Tanzania claims 5,569 km2 or 18 percent.

Other lakes include Lake Rukwa, Lake Eyasi, Lake Manyara, Lake Natron, Lake Balangida.

In the 1970s, 21 small-scale earthfill-type dams were constructed mainly on seasonal rivers in the Tabora region for irrigation and domestic supply purposes. All except seven of them suffer from serious sedimentation. In addition to these dams, there are many smaller dams over the whole land, called Charco dams, for irrigation, domestic, and livestock purposes. In general, dam construction is largely restricted by hydrological and topographic conditions.

 
Source: Tanzania Profile: Natural Resources, IOR, Indian Ocean Rim, country profile, economy, trade, investment, technology,geography, population, demographic, political system, monetary, currency, exchange rate, policy, natural resources, mineral, marine, e

WIND AND SOLAR ENERGY

Wind energy in Tanzania has been used to pump water for irrigation and to meet domestic water needs. Few attempts have been made to use wind for electricity generation. The utilisation of solar energy in Tanzania is at its infancy. There is no wide potential for using solar energy for domestic application.
 
MARINE RESOURCES

The country is exceptionally endowed with some of the largest freshwater lakes in the world, with substantial fish resources. Out of 939,470 sq.km.total area of mainland, 53,480 sq.km. are freshwater lakes.
 
Source: Tanzania National Website

Fish resources and distribution:

Tanzania is a coastal state endowed with fishery resources. She has both marine and inland fisheries potential. The marine water covers 64,000 square kilometres which includes the Indian Ocean and the Exclusive Economic Zone which covers 223,000 square kilometres. The fresh water includes the riparian shared waters of East African great lakes namely Lake Victoria, Tanganyika and Nyasa. The country has also other small natural lakes, man made lakes, river systems and many wetlands with fish potential. All these water cover 58,000 square kilometres. The country has coastline of about 800 km declared as its Exclusion Economic Zone but has not yet exploited. The present annual fish catch is about 350,000 metric tons.

The number of fishermen who are permanently employed is 80,000 and few others obtain their livelihood from the sector by being employed in the fishing and fishery related activities. The artisanal fishermen produce about 90% of the total fish catch in the country; only 10% is derived from industrial fishing. Most of the fish caught is consumed locally while Nile perch; sardines and prawns are for exports.

It contributes about one third of the animal protein or 30% of the total intake to the Tanzanian population. It is a source of employment, livelihood to the people, recreation, and tourism in order to generate foreign exchange. The contribution of the sector to GDP for the past five years has been staggering between 1.6 and 3.1%.
 
Source: http://www.infosa.org.na/dloads/restrict/country%20profile/Tanzania.pdf

Tanzania has multi-species fisheries of over 500 different species, however, only a few species dominate landings in terms of volume. The most notable species are; Nile perch (Lates niloticus), Tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) and Lake sardine locally known as "dagaa" Rastrineobola argentea from Lake Victoria. Species from Lake Tanganyika fisheries includes; lake sardines (dagaa1) Stolothrissa tanganicae and Limnothrissa miodon together with their predators the L. Stappersii, L. Marie and L. microlepis. On the other hand, Lake Nyasa or Malawi has good stocks of various species of Tilapia, Haplochromis spp and Lake sardines Engraulicypris sardella. The in shore marine fisheries
land a host of fin fish species, molluscs and crustacean.


The available catch composition data indicates that Nile perch constitutes 38 % of the total landings in the country (excluding catches from EEZ), Dagaa 24%, Tilapia 7% , Lates species on Lake Tanganyika 7% and others 24%. It is being estimated that the country has the potential of harvesting about 730,000 metric tons from its traditional sources of Lakes Victoria, Tanganyika, Nyasa, Rivers, Dams and the in shore marine waters. The estimation does not include the EEZ fishery, which is yet to be assessed and currently being exploited by foreign fleet.


The historical catch and effort data suggest that, total fish production has never been above 60 percent of the existing potential. The highest landing was recorded in 1990, when 414 040 tons or about 57 percent of the potential yield was landed.
 
Yale yale, hadithi zile zile, zikisemwa na watu wale wale na kupelekea matokeo yale yale katika mtindo ule ule wa kawaida! Tuliouzoea.

Tanzania si tajiri hata kidogo!!
 
Mzuvendi said:
If you are intelligent enough, everything in Tanzania is a potential natural resource. The availability of sunlight 12 hours a day is a natural resource. Human manure is a natural resource. The list is endless and what you need is a bit of knowledge to turn dust into vitumbua.
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Mkuu, maybe just intelligent enough to understand that we're talking about the natural resources that other nations envy, tuna almasi, gold,Tanzanite, na madini ya kila aina halafu unazungumzia vitumbua vya vumbii?Please mkuu...

Kama hutaki tuzungumzie yale mnayochukua ten pasenti basi una insult intelligence za watu humu.

Chukua ten pasenti ya kutengeneza vitumbua vya vumbi basi, acha hizo wewe.
 
King Kong III said:
Mkuu tukianza kuorodhesha mali zetu asili page hazitotosha
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Kwa bahati mbaya ni kwamba pia tukianza kuorodhesha matatizo yetu page hazitoshi:
serikali haina pesa
Ufisadi BOT
Wizi wa wanyama hai
watoto kukaa sakafuni
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Ni wa kwanza kwa utajiri na wa kwanza kwa matatizo
 
nahisi usingizi balaa,but before i sleep wacha nifanye hili,pale serengeti ilipo hoteli inayoitwa BILILA KEMPISK kuna madini madini sasa kinachofanyika ni .....skjpoqjsdqwijp9qdhxopqwdsjijkdcjhpqj duh kweli usingizi balaaa
 
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