Pungwe
Pungwe River (Portuguese: Rio Púngoè or Rio Púnguè) is a 400 km (240 mi) long river in Zimbabwe and Mozambique. It rises below Mount Nyangani in the Eastern Highlands of Zimbabwe and then flows through the Manica and Sofala provinces of Mozambique. the Pungwe enters the Urema Valley, the southernmost portion of the Great Rift Valley, where it forms the southern boundary of Gorongosa National Park. The Urema River joins it, and the river follows the rift valley southward. Large seasonal wetlands from around the Pungwe and Urema rivers in the rift valley section. It empties into the Mozambique Channel at Beira, forming a large estuary. It is one of the major rivers of Mozambique and often causes floods.
As one of the longest rivers in Zimbabwe, Pungwe from upstream to downstream, the main left tributaries are the Nhazonia, Txatola, Vinduzi, and Nhandugue-Urema. The Honde and Muda are the appropriate tributaries.
Administratively, the Pungwe Basin encompasses sections of Mozambique's Sofala and Manica provinces, as well as a substantial portion of Zimbabwe's Mutasa District. In Zimbabwe, a minor fraction of the basin is located in the Nyanga District. Mozambique's population in the basin was projected to be at 1,104,000 people in 2003, while Zimbabwe's population was predicted to be 96,000 people.
Length: 240 miles
