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The middle Zambezi was about 300 m (980 ft) lower than the upper Zambezi, and a high waterfall formed at the edge of the basalt plateau across which the upper river flows. This was the first Victoria Falls, somewhere down the Batoka Gorge near where Lake Kariba is now.
Two major sub-basins in the Zambezi basin are interconnected with other major African systems, namely: (a) the Lake Nyassa/Shire River sub-basin, which connects with the Great Rift Valley, and; (b) the perennial river bifurcation in the Selinda Spillway (or Magwegana river), in the Cuando River sub-basin, which connects the Zambezi Basin to the ...
Rivers with an average discharge of 5,000 m 3 /s or greater, as a fraction of the estimated global total.. This article lists rivers by their average discharge measured in descending order of their water flow rate.
The 1,576 kilometres (979 mi) long Kafue River is the longest river lying wholly within Zambia. [1] Its water is used for irrigation and for generating hydroelectric power . [ 2 ] It is the largest tributary of the Zambezi , [ 3 ] and of Zambia 's principal rivers, it is the most central and the most urban .
The lowest point is the Zambezi river, at 329 m (1,079 ft) above sea level, with the highest being Mafinga Central in the Mafinga Hills, at 2,339 m (7,674 ft) above sea level. Zambia is a landlocked country bordered along Zimbabwe in the south divided by Victoria Falls , Congo DR in the north, Tanzania on the northeast, Malawi on the east and ...
The Kabompo Ferry on its lower course carries the main north–south gravel highway on the eastern side of the Zambezi. The river enters the Zambezi north of the town of Lukulu, at the north end of the Barotse Floodplain. [citation needed] Its main tributaries are the West Lunga River which flows from the north, and the Dongwe River from the east.
NASA satellite photograph showing the Barotse Floodplain as the bright green to dark blue central region.1 The Zambezi flowing north to south through the middle of the floodplain; 2 confluence of (left to right) the Lungwebungu, Southern Kashiji, Zambezi and Kabompo Rivers, marking the start of the floodplain; 3 end of the floodplain south of Senanga; 4 Ngonye Falls on the Zambezi; 5 Mongu ...
The plateau lands west of the escarpment are of moderate elevation — perhaps averaging 600 to 750 m (2,000 to 2,500 ft). It is, however, only along the Zambezi and north of that river that Mozambique's territory reaches to the continental plateau.