Limpopo River

The second one in Top 10 Longest Rivers in Mozambique that Toplist would like to introduce to you is Limpopo River. The Limpopo River originates in South Africa and flows generally eastward to the Indian Ocean through Mozambique. The name Limpopo comes from Rivombo (Livombo/Lebombo), a group of Tsonga settlers led by Hosi Rivombo who settled in the surrounding mountains and named the area after their leader. The river is about 1,750 kilometers (1,087 miles) long, with a drainage basin that is 415,000 square kilometers (160,200 square miles). At its mouth, the average discharge over a year is 170 m3 (6,000 cu ft; 170,000 l; 44,900 US gal).After the Zambezi, the Limpopo River is Africa's second largest river that flows into the Indian Ocean.

Vasco da Gama was the first European to see the river, anchoring off its mouth in 1498 and naming it the Espirito Santo River. St Vincent Whitshed Erskine explored its lower course in 1868–69, and Captain J F Elton traveled down its middle course in 1870.

The Limpopo River's drainage area has shrunk over geological time. The upper course of the Zambezi River drained into the Limpopo River until the Late Pliocene or Pleistocene.The drainage divide shifted due to epeirogenic movement that uplifted the surface north of the present-day Limpopo River, diverting water into the Zambezi River.

Length: 1,750 km (1,090 mi- shared with South Africa, Zimbabwe and Botswana )