Source: Tanganyika plateau
Outflow: mozambique Channel (Indian Ocean))
· Its original name in the local language means ‘the smoke that thunders’.
· The Zambezi’s course includes the spectacular Victoria Falls, one of the largest in the
world and Lake Karaka, karaka dam is built on it.
· Coborra Bassa Dam in Mozambique is also located on the Zambezi River.
· It is also anaturalpolitical boundary between Zambia and Zimbabwe.
ORANGE RIVER
Source: drakensberg Mts. (Lesotho)
Outflow: Atlantic Ocean.
Tributary: Vaal
· Aughrabies falls is located on the river.
· It forms a natural boundary between South Africa and Namibia.
LIMPOPO RIVER
Outflow: Indian Ocean
· The Limpopo River cuts tropic of Capricorn.
· It separates South Africa from Botswana and Zimbabwe.
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