Khami River

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The Khami River is a watercourse in southwestern Zimbabwe that flows near the historic Khami Ruins, an important archaeological site of the precolonial Torwa state.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Khami River canonical 1
Mutare River valley 1
Nyamuziwa River 1

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Statements (26)

Predicate Object
instanceOf river
associatedWith Khami Ruins
Torwa state
continent Africa
country Zimbabwe
surface form: Republic of Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe
drainageBasin southwestern Zimbabwe river basins
flowsNear Khami Ruins
flowsThrough Matabeleland
surface form: Matabeleland region
hasCulturalSignificanceFor local communities in southwestern Zimbabwe
hasHistoricalSignificanceFor Torwa state
influencedDevelopmentOf Khami Ruins
surface form: Khami Ruins settlement
languageRegion Ndebele-speaking areas of Zimbabwe
locatedIn southwestern Zimbabwe
locatedNear Bulawayo
Khami Ruins
nearbyArchaeologicalSite Khami Ruins
nearbyCity Bulawayo
surface form: Bulawayo metropolitan area
nearbySettlement Khami Ruins
surface form: Khami
nearbyWorldHeritageSite Khami Ruins
surface form: Khami Ruins National Monument
partOf hydrology of southwestern Zimbabwe
region Matabeleland
supports riparian ecosystems in southwestern Zimbabwe
usedFor livestock watering
local water supply (historically and/or presently)
small-scale irrigation (locally)

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Referenced by (3)

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

Khami Ruins locatedOn Khami River
Mount Nyangani waterCatchmentFor Khami River
this entity surface form: Nyamuziwa River
Murahwa Hill proximityTo Khami River
this entity surface form: Mutare River valley