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Encyclopedia: Zambezi

The Zambezi (also spelled Zambesi) is the fourth-longest river in Africa, and the largest flowing into the Indian Ocean. The area of its basin is 1,390,000  km² (537,000 miles²)^[1][2], slightly less than half that of the Nile. The 2,574 km- (1,600 mile-) long river has its source in Zambia and flows through Angola, along the borders of Namibia, Botswana, Zambia, and Zimbabwe, to Mozambique, where it empties into the Indian Ocean.

The Zambezi's most spectacular feature is Victoria Falls, the world's largest waterfalls. Other notable falls include the Chavuma Falls at the border between Zambia and Angola, and Ngonye Falls, near Sioma in Western Zambia. Over its entire course, the Zambezi is spanned by only five bridges: at Chinyingi, Katima Mulilo, Victoria Falls, Chirundu and Tete.

Translations

How to say "Zambezi" in other languages:

	(Chinese)	赞比西河
	(Japanese)	ザンベジ川
	(German)	Sambesi
	(Spanish)	Zambeze
	(French)	Zambèze
	(Italian)	Zambesi

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Chinde

Chinde , Mozambique is a town of Portuguese East Africa, chief port for the Zambezi valley...

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Makua

The Makua are the largest ethnic group in northern Mozambique. They live in the region to the north of the Zambezi River...

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Ngonye Falls

Ngonye Falls is a waterfall on the Zambezi river in Western Zambia, near the town of Sioma and a few hundred kilometres upstream from the Victoria Falls...

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Shire River

The Shire is a river in Southern Africa. It is the outlet of Lake Malawi and flows into the Zambezi. Its length is 402 km; including Lake Malawi and the Ruhuhu, its headstream, it has a length of about 1200 km. The Shire flows through Malawi and Mozambique...

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Cahora Bassa

period. The Cahora Bassa dam is one of three major dams on the Zambezi river system, the others... respectively, flooding an area of 2,700 km 2 with an average depth of 26 m. Since closure Zambezi, which is...

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Lake Makgadikgadi

Lake Makgadikgadi is an ancient lake that existed in what is now the Kalahari Desert in Botswana. It may have once covered as much as 80,000 sq km and been 30 m deep. The Okavango, Zambezi, and Cuando rivers once all emptied into the lake. It began to dry up approximately 10,000 years ago. Modern...

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Caprivi

north, and bordered by the Cuando, Linyanti, Chobe and Zambezi Rivers. Its largest city is Katima... towns including Choi, Chinchimane, Bukalo, Sibinda, and Impaliola. In addition to the Zambezi River... eastern is where the Cuando meets the Zambezi. History and people Caprivi was named after German...

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Cuando River

. The river then flows into the Zambezi...

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Kariba Dam

The Kariba Dam is a hydroelectric dam in the Kariba Gorge of the Zambezi River basin (28.74778 E and 16.51222 S). A double curvature concrete arch dam it was constructed between 1955 and 1959 at a... reservoir forced resettlement of about 57,000 people living along the Zambezi. In 1960-61, 'Operation...

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Kalibusiswe Ilizwe leZimbabwe

bless our native land; The land of our fathers bestowed upon us all; From Zambezi to Limpopo May leaders.... Mwari ropafadzai nyika yeZimbabwe Nyika yamadzitateguru edu tose; Kubva Zambezi kusvika Limpopo...

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