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A more northerly branch, called the Chinde mouth, has a minimum depth at low water of 2 metres (6 ft 7 in) at the entrance and 4 metres (13 ft) further in, and is the branch used for navigation. About 100 kilometres (62 mi) further north is a river called the Quelimane, after the town at its mouth. This stream, which is silting up, receives the ...
The main rivers of Zimbabwe with their catchment areas. This is a list of rivers in Zimbabwe. This list is arranged by drainage basin, with respective tributaries ...
Much of the country is on a plateau with a higher central plateau (high veld) forming a watershed between the Zambezi and Limpopo river systems. The flattish watershed region is part of an ancient etchplain called the African Surface covers large swathes of the continent.
The name "Zimbabwe" stems from a Shona term for Great Zimbabwe, a medieval city in the country's south-east.Two different theories address the origin of the word. Many sources hold that "Zimbabwe" derives from dzimba-dza-mabwe, translated from the Karanga dialect of Shona as "houses of stones" (dzimba = plural of imba, "house"; mabwe = plural of ibwe, "stone").
Ihosy River - Madagascar; Jukskei River - South Africa; Kafue River - Zambia; Kowie River - South Africa; Kuiseb - Namibia; Kunene - Angola (as Cunene), Namibia; Kwando - Namibia, also known as Linyanti and Chobe in places; Limpopo - Mozambique, South Africa, Zimbabwe, Botswana; Luangwa River - Zambia; Mania River - Madagascar; Maputo River ...
The location of Zimbabwe. The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Zimbabwe: Zimbabwe – landlocked sovereign country located in Southern Africa, between the Zambezi River and Limpopo River. [1]
The Shashe River (or Shashi River) is a major left-bank tributary of the Limpopo River in Zimbabwe. It rises northwest of Francistown, Botswana and flows into the Limpopo River where Botswana, Zimbabwe and South Africa meet. [2] The confluence is at the site of the Greater Mapungubwe Transfrontier Conservation Area.
The Munyati River (also known as the Umniati River, [1] and as the Sanyati River for part of its length) is a river in Zimbabwe. Under the Rhodesian administration, it was officially named the Umniati , but its spelling was changed in 1983 to more closely resemble the correct Shona pronunciation.