Zambezi
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Zambezi | |
Zambesi, Zambeze | |
River | |
The Zambezi River at the junction o Namibie, Zambie, Zimbabwe an Botswana
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Nickname: Besi | |
Kintras | Zambie, Angolae, Namibie, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Mozambique |
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Soorce | Zambezi Source Naitional Forest |
- location | Ikelenge Destrict, North-Wastren Province, Zambie |
- elevation | 1,500 m (4,921 ft) |
- coordinates | 11°22′11″S 24°18′30″E / 11.36972°S 24.30833°E |
Mooth | Indian Ocean |
- coordinates | 18°34′14″S 36°28′13″E / 18.57056°S 36.47028°ECoordinates: 18°34′14″S 36°28′13″E / 18.57056°S 36.47028°E |
Lenth | 2,574 km (1,599 mi) |
Basin | 1,390,000 km2 (536,682 sq mi) [1][2] |
Discharge | |
- average | 3,400 m3/s (120,070 cu ft/s) [1][2] |
The Zambezi (an aa spelled Zambeze an Zambesi) is the fowert-langest river in Africae, the langest east flowin river in Africae an the lairgest flowin intae the Indian Ocean frae Africae.
References[eedit | eedit soorce]
- ↑ a b Richard Beilfuss & David dos Santos: Patterns of Hydrological Change in the Zambezi Delta, Monogram for the Sustainable Management of Cahora Bassa Dam and The Lower Zambezi Valley (2001). Estimated mean flow rate 3424 m³/s
- ↑ a b International Network of Basin Organisations/Office International de L'eau: "Développer les Compétences pour mieux Gérer l'Eau: Fleuves Transfrontaliers Africains: Bilan Global." (2002). Estimated annual discharge 106 km3, equal tae mean flow rate 3360 m3/s