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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 39. Chapters: Cuando River, Orange River, Zambezi River, Kariba Dam, Kimberley, Northern Cape, Victoria Falls, Barotse Floodplain, Great Fish River, Cahora Bassa, Upington, Mongu, Okavango River, Vioolsdrif, Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe, Lake Kariba, Noordoewer, Caia, Mozambique, Alexander Bay, Northern Cape, 2007 Mozambican flood, Kazungula Ferry, Gariep Dam, Barotseland, Augrabies Falls National Park, Sioma Ngwezi National Park, Mana Pools, Nossob River, Cunene River, Kariba Gorge, Vanderkloof Dam, Swakop River, Kuiseb River, Ugab River, Orange-Fish River Tunnel, Victoria Falls National Park, Mudumu National Park, Tsauchab, Ngonye Falls, Molopo River, Chirundu, Zimbabwe, Ekuma River, Impalila, Khan River, Chirundu, Zambia, Omaruru River, Lealui, Oshigambo River, Chavuma Falls, Mpalila Island, ReVive River. Excerpt: The Zambezi (also spelled Zambesi) is the fourth-longest river in Africa, and the largest flowing into the Indian Ocean from Africa. The area of its basin is 1,390,000 square kilometres (540,000 sq mi), slightly less than half that of the Nile. The 3,540-kilometre-long river (2,200 mi) has its source in Zambia and flows through Angola, along the borders of Namibia, Botswana, Zambia again, and Zimbabwe, to Mozambique, where it empties into the Indian Ocean. The Zambezi's most spectacular feature is the beautiful Victoria Falls. Other notable falls include the Chavuma Falls at the border between Zambia and Angola, and Ngonye Falls, near Sioma in Western Zambia. There are two main sources of hydroelectric power on the river. These are the Kariba Dam, which provides power to Zambia and Zimbabwe and the Cahora Bassa Dam in Mozambique which provides power to both Mozambique and South Africa. There is also a smaller power station at Victoria Falls. The river rises in a black marshy dambo in north-western Zambia, in undulating m...
