Shire River

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The Shire River is a major river in Malawi that drains Lake Malawi and flows southward into Mozambique, where it joins the Zambezi River.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Shire River canonical 3

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf river
basinCountry Malawi
Mozambique
continent Africa
country Malawi
Mozambique
crossesBorderBetween Malawi and Mozambique
directionOfFlow southward
drainageBasin Shire River basin
drains Lake Malawi
elevationAtMouth approximately 14 m
elevationAtSource approximately 472 m
flowsInto Mozambique
flowsOutOf southern end of Lake Malawi
flowsThrough Central Malawi
Southern Malawi
formsPartOf East African Rift
surface form: East African Rift system
hasFloodplain Lower Shire Valley
hasHydropowerPlant Kapichira Falls power station
Nkula Falls power station
Nkula Falls power station
surface form: Tedzani Falls power station
hasTributary Lisungwe River
Lisungwe River
surface form: Mkulumadzi River

Ruo River
Wamkulumadzi River
hasWetland Elephant Marsh
Ndindi Marsh
importantFor Malawi national power supply
biodiversity conservation
regional agriculture
languageOfName English
length approximately 250 miles
approximately 402 km
locatedIn southeastern Africa
surface form: Southeastern Africa
locatedInProtectedArea Liwonde National Park
Majete Wildlife Reserve
majorRightTributaryOf Zambezi River
mouth Zambezi River
partOf Zambezi Basin
surface form: Zambezi River basin
passesNear Blantyre
Chikwawa
Nsanje
region Great Rift Valley
source Lake Malawi
usedFor fishing
hydroelectric power generation
inland navigation
irrigation

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Zambezi River hasTributary Shire River
Zambezi Basin hasMajorTributary Shire River
Lake Malawi outflow Shire River