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  2. Zambezi - Wikipedia

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    The middle Zambezi ends where the river enters Lake Cahora Bassa, formerly the site of dangerous rapids known as Kebrabassa; the lake was created in 1974 by the construction of the Cahora Bassa Dam. [20] [citation needed]

  3. Lake Kariba - Wikipedia

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    Lake Kariba is the world's largest artificial lake and reservoir by volume. It lies 1,300 kilometres (810 mi) upstream from the mouth of the Zambezi river on the Indian Ocean , along the border between Zambia and Zimbabwe .

  4. Zambezi Basin - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  5. Kariba Dam - Wikipedia

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    The Kariba Dam is a double curvature concrete arch dam in the Kariba Gorge of the Zambezi river basin between Zambia and Zimbabwe. The dam stands 128 metres (420 ft) tall and 579 metres (1,900 ft) long. [1] The dam forms Lake Kariba, which extends for 280 kilometres (170 mi) and holds 185 cubic kilometres (150,000,000 acre⋅ft) of water.

  6. Kariba Gorge - Wikipedia

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    Kariba Dam in the Kariba Gorge. Kariba Gorge is a large, natural gorge through which flowed the Zambezi River on the border of Zambia and Zimbabwe, Africa.In 1959 the large double arch concrete Kariba Dam was completed, completely filling the gorge and creating the largest man-made lake in the world. [1]

  7. Monuments and Historic Sites of Zambia - Wikipedia

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    Lake Chirengwa (Sunken Lake) 14 km E of Ndola at 12°58' S 28°45' E. Lake Kashiba SW of Luanshya: a 100 m deep sunken lake at 13°27'S, 27°56'E. Lumangwe Falls on the Kalungwishi River between Mporokoso and Kawambwa Districts at 9°32'35 S 29°23'16 E. Ntumbachushi Falls on the Ngona River, Kawambwa District, at 9°52'S, 28°58'E

  8. Southern Province, Zambia - Wikipedia

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    The Zambezi River is the province's southern border, and Lake Kariba, formed by the Kariba Dam, lies along the province's south-eastern edge. The eastern border is the Kariba Gorge and Zambezi, and the north-east border is the Kafue River, forming its border with Lusaka Province.

  9. Zambezi (disambiguation) - Wikipedia

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    Zambezi Escarpment, escarpments forming both sides of the rift valley in which lie the middle Zambezi River and Lake Kariba; Zambezi District, a district of Zambia, located in North-Western Province; Zambezi Region, administrative region of Namibia, located at the end of the northeastern tip of the country