Bungu

Bungu lies east of Lake Rukwa, in a basin enclosed by the Ufipa escarpment and the Mbeya Range. The lake has no outlet to the sea, and its shallow waters expand and retreat as the rivers feeding it change. From the south come the Songwe, Lupa and Chambua; the Rungwa enters from the north, while the Momba approaches from the west. Their floodplains and seasonal streams make the shores of Rukwa a shifting landscape.

The later city of Mbeya lies here.