Chapters Zambezi Source Wikipedia Pages 23 Not illustrated Free updates online Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher s book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge 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 miombo woodland quite dense in parts about 1 524 m 4 900 ft above sea level Eastward of the source the watershed between the Congo and Zambezi basins is a well marked belt of high ground falling abruptly north and south and running nearly east west This distinctly cuts off the basin of the Lualaba the main branch of the upper Congo from that of the Zambezi In the neighbourhood of the source the watershed is not as clearly defined but the two river systems do not connect The region drained by the Zambezi is a vast broken edged plateau 9001200 m high composed in the remote interior of metamorphic beds and fringed with the igneous rocks of the Victoria Falls At Shupa More http booksllc net id 10293