Zambezi
The Zambezi River (also written Zambeze and Zambesi) is Africa's fourth-longest river, its longest east-flowing river, and its biggest river flowing into the Indian Ocean from Africa. Its basin measures 1,390,000 square kilometers (540,000 square miles), somewhat less than half the size of the Nile's. The river begins in Zambia and travels through eastern Angola, along Namibia's north-eastern border and Botswana's northern border, then through Zambia and Zimbabwe to Mozambique, where it traverses the nation to empty into the Indian Ocean.
Victoria Falls is the most well-known feature of the Zambezi. Other prominent falls are the Chavuma Falls on the Zambia-Angola border and the Ngonye Falls at Sioma in Western Zambia.
The river has two major hydroelectric power sources: the Kariba Dam in Zambia and Zimbabwe, and the Cahora Bassa Dam in Mozambique, which supplies power to Mozambique and South Africa. In Zambia, there are two minor power stations along the Zambezi River, one at Victoria Falls and the other at Kalene Hill in Ikelenge District.
Length: 2,200 miles
