West Wembere

West of the Wembere River lies the Wembere Steppe, a dry savanna of acacia and commiphora beyond the river's broad floodplain. Seasonal waters spread across the low grasslands before gathering again toward Lake Kitangiri. The contrast between inundated ground and the drier uplands gives this part of central Tanzania a landscape that changes markedly with the rains.

The later city of Shinyanga lies here.