Limpopo River

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The Limpopo River is a major river in southern Africa that flows eastward from central southern Africa to the Indian Ocean, forming parts of the borders between several countries including South Africa, Botswana, and Zimbabwe.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf river
basinArea approximately 415000 square kilometers
basinCountries Botswana
Mozambique
South Africa
Zimbabwe
continent Africa
countryTraversed Botswana
Mozambique
South Africa
Zimbabwe
dischargeLocation near Xai-Xai, Mozambique
drainageBasin Limpopo River basin
drainageBasinType endoreic to exoreic transition historically
economicUse fishing
irrigation
livestock watering
environmentalIssue pollution
sedimentation
water scarcity
flowsDirection eastward
flowsInto Indian Ocean
formsBorderBetween Botswana and Zimbabwe
South Africa and Botswana
South Africa and Zimbabwe
hasAlternativeName Vhembe (in some local languages)
hasClimate semi-arid in upper basin
subtropical in lower basin
hasFloodEvents subject to seasonal flooding
length approximately 1087 miles
approximately 1750 km
locatedInRegion Southern Africa
majorTributary Crocodile River
surface form: Crocodile River (South Africa)

Marico River
Notwane River
Olifants River (Lepelle)
Shashe River
mentionedInWork The Elephant’s Child by Rudyard Kipling
mouthLocatedIn Indian Ocean
Mozambique Channel
partOf Indian Ocean drainage basin
passesNear Beitbridge
Francistown
Gaborone
Xai-Xai
passesThrough Limpopo Province
sourceCountry South Africa
sourceLocatedIn central southern Africa

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Matabeleland borderFeature Limpopo River
Matabeleland South borderWith Limpopo River
Kalahari Basin borders Limpopo River
this entity surface form: Limpopo Basin
Crocodile River drainageBasin Limpopo River
subject surface form: Crocodile River (Limpopo)
this entity surface form: Indian Ocean via Limpopo River
Jukskei River drainageBasin Limpopo River
this entity surface form: Limpopo River basin
Olifants River (Lepelle) flowsInto Limpopo River
Limpopo hasBorderFeature Limpopo River
Mozambique hasMajorRiver Limpopo River
Southern Africa hasMajorRiver Limpopo River
Zimbabwe hasMajorRiver Limpopo River
southeastern Zimbabwe hasRiver Limpopo River
subject surface form: Southeastern Zimbabwe
this entity surface form: Limpopo River basin
Southern Africa hasSubregion Limpopo River
this entity surface form: Limpopo River Basin
this entity surface form: Limpopo River system
Olifants River (Lepelle) mouth Limpopo River
Crocodile River mouthOf Limpopo River
subject surface form: Crocodile River (Limpopo)
Limpopo namedAfter Limpopo River
Limpopo Province namedAfter Limpopo River
Crocodile River partOf Limpopo River
subject surface form: Crocodile River (Limpopo)
this entity surface form: Limpopo River basin
Notwane River partOf Limpopo River
this entity surface form: Limpopo River basin
Olifants River (Lepelle) partOf Limpopo River
this entity surface form: Limpopo River basin
Crocodile River riverSystem Limpopo River
subject surface form: Crocodile River (Limpopo)
this entity surface form: Limpopo River system
Olifants River (Lepelle) tributaryOf Limpopo River