{"id":352015,"date":"2025-12-15T17:51:51","date_gmt":"2025-12-15T12:21:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=352015"},"modified":"2025-12-15T17:51:51","modified_gmt":"2025-12-15T12:21:51","slug":"zambezi-river","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/zambezi-river\/","title":{"rendered":"Zambezi River"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>News:<\/strong> A new study suggests that the Zambezi River, Africa\u2019s fourth-longest, is 11% longer than previously thought, with its most distant source lying in Angola, not Zambia.<\/p>\n<h2>About Zambezi River<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_352032\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-352032\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-352032 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Source-Britannica-1.jpg?resize=300%2C232&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Zambezi River\" width=\"300\" height=\"232\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Source-Britannica-1.jpg?resize=300%2C232&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Source-Britannica-1.jpg?w=736&amp;ssl=1 736w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-352032\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source &#8211; Britannica<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li>The Zambezi River is the <strong>fourth-longest river in Africa<\/strong> (after Nile, Congo, Niger) and continent\u2019s <strong>longest east-flowing stream<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Origin:<\/strong> It starts off in a <strong>shallow depression in Angola\u2019s<\/strong> southern highlands, at the source of a river called the <strong>Lungwebungu<\/strong>.\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Earlier<\/strong>, it was believed to begin its journey from a <strong>marshy bog near Mwinilunga<\/strong> in northwestern <strong>Zambia<\/strong> at 1,500 m elevation.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Length:<\/strong> It has a new total length of <strong>3,421 km<\/strong> or <strong>342 km longer than previously thought.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Countries covered:<\/strong> It flows through <strong>Angola, Zambia, Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, and Mozambique.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Tributaries:<\/strong> The main tributaries of the Zambezi River include the <strong>Shire, Kafue, Luangwa, Kabompo, and Cuando (Kwando) rivers.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Waterfalls:<\/strong> The river is known for several notable waterfalls, including <strong>Victoria Falls<\/strong>, one of the <strong>world\u2019s largest waterfalls<\/strong>, and the <strong>Chavuma Falls<\/strong> on the <strong>Zambia-Angola border<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Famous Dams:<\/strong> <strong>Cohara Bassa and Kariba Dams<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Drains into:<\/strong> It drains into the <strong>Indian Ocean<\/strong> via a 100-km-wide delta.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News: A new study suggests that the Zambezi River, Africa\u2019s fourth-longest, is 11% longer than previously thought, with its most distant source lying in Angola, not Zambia. About Zambezi River The Zambezi River is the fourth-longest river in Africa (after Nile, Congo, Niger) and continent\u2019s longest east-flowing stream. 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