Monday, 23 February 2015

ZAMBEZI RIVER

               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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