Thuli
The Thuli River, formerly known as the Tuli River, is a significant tributary of Zimbabwe's Shashe River. It drains into the Shashe River near Tuli hamlet after rising near Matopo Mission in Matobo District.
The Thuli is a transient river with decreasing annual unit discharge. The Thuli River's major tributaries are the Mtshabezi, Mtshelele, Sengezane, and Mwewe Rivers. The Thuli River below the Thuli-Makwe Dam is a sand-filled watercourse with alluvial aquifers.
Thuli Makwe Dam, west of Gwanda, is a huge dam on the Thuli River, in addition to a number of lesser weirs. It lies at the confluence with the Mtshelele River and provides irrigation water. The primary left-bank tributary, the Mtshabezi River, is dammed at Mtshabezi, Sheet, and Blanket. Once a connecting pipeline is finished, the Mtshabezi Dam will increase Bulawayo's water supply. The Sheet and Blanket Dams supply water to Gwanda as well as the Blanket and Vubachikwe mines. Two more dam sites were chosen further downstream: Thuli–Moswa, where no construction has occurred. Thuli-Manyange, upstream of Elliot Bridge, where building began briefly in 2007 but has since been discontinued. From which it can be seen that the Thuli is one of the longest rivers in Zimbabwe
Length: 210 miles
