Zambezi Basin

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drainage basin river basin

The Zambezi Basin is the vast river catchment area in southern Africa that collects the waters of the Zambezi River and its tributaries, encompassing parts of several countries and supporting major ecosystems, agriculture, and hydropower.

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All labels observed (15)

Label	Occurrences
Zambezi River basin	35
Zambezi Basin canonical	8
Zambezi River system	4
Zambezi River Basin	3
Zambezi basin	2
Cuando–Linyanti–Chobe river system	1
Kavango–Zambezi River basin	1
Okavango–Zambezi region	1
Upper Zambezi Basin	1
Upper Zambezi basin	1
ZAMCOM Basin	1
Zambezi Basin (wider regional hydrology classification)	1
Zambezi River basalt plateau	1
Zambezi River region	1
Zambezi drainage basin	1

Statements (72)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	drainage basin ⓘ river basin ⓘ
abbreviation	Zambezi Basin self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: ZAMCOM Basin
area	approximately 1.3 million square kilometres ⓘ
containsLake	Cahora Bassa Dam ⓘ surface form: Cahora Bassa Lake Lake Kariba ⓘ
containsReservoir	Cahora Bassa Dam ⓘ surface form: Cahora Bassa Dam reservoir Lake Kariba ⓘ
containsWaterfall	Victoria Falls ⓘ
continent	Africa ⓘ
country	Angola ⓘ Botswana ⓘ Malawi ⓘ Mozambique ⓘ Namibia ⓘ Tanzania ⓘ Zambia ⓘ Zimbabwe ⓘ
drainageArea	approximately 1.3 million square kilometres ⓘ
drainedBy	Zambezi River ⓘ
facesIssue	climate change impacts ⓘ deforestation ⓘ drought risk ⓘ land degradation ⓘ periodic flooding ⓘ water pollution ⓘ
flowsInto	Indian Ocean ⓘ
hasDelta	Zambezi Delta ⓘ
hasEcosystem	floodplains ⓘ riverine forests ⓘ savanna ⓘ wetlands ⓘ
hasHydropowerDam	Cahora Bassa Dam ⓘ Itezhi-Tezhi Dam ⓘ Kafue Gorge Dam ⓘ Kariba Dam ⓘ
hasMajorRiver	Zambezi River ⓘ
hasMajorTributary	Chobe River ⓘ Cuando River ⓘ Gwayi River ⓘ Kafue River ⓘ Linyanti River ⓘ Luangwa River ⓘ Manyame River ⓘ Mazowe River ⓘ Shire River ⓘ
hasTransboundaryRiver	Zambezi River ⓘ
hasWetland	Barotse Floodplain ⓘ Chobe National Park ⓘ surface form: Chobe floodplains Kafue Flats ⓘ Zambezi Delta ⓘ
isImportantFor	agricultural production ⓘ biodiversity conservation ⓘ livelihoods of rural communities ⓘ regional energy supply ⓘ
isTransboundary	true ⓘ
locatedIn	Southern Africa ⓘ surface form: southern Africa
managedBy	Zambezi Watercourse Commission ⓘ
partlyIn	Angola ⓘ Botswana ⓘ Malawi ⓘ Mozambique ⓘ Namibia ⓘ Tanzania ⓘ Zambia ⓘ Zimbabwe ⓘ
supportsActivity	fisheries ⓘ hydropower generation ⓘ irrigated agriculture ⓘ navigation ⓘ rainfed agriculture ⓘ tourism ⓘ

Referenced by (62)

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

Zambezi River → drainageBasin → Zambezi Basin ⓘ

Southern Africa → hasSubregion → Zambezi Basin ⓘ

this entity surface form: Zambezi River Basin

Zambezi Valley → partOf → Zambezi Basin ⓘ

this entity surface form: Zambezi River basin

Chewore Safari Area → partOf → Zambezi Basin ⓘ

this entity surface form: Zambezi River basin

Mosi-oa-Tunya National Park → partOf → Zambezi Basin ⓘ

this entity surface form: Zambezi River basin

Horseshoe Falls → geologicalSetting → Zambezi Basin ⓘ

subject surface form: Horseshoe Falls (Victoria Falls)

this entity surface form: Zambezi River basalt plateau

Cuando River → partOfRiverSystem → Zambezi Basin ⓘ

this entity surface form: Zambezi River system

Barotse Floodplain → partOf → Zambezi Basin ⓘ

this entity surface form: Upper Zambezi Basin

Barotse Floodplain → drainageBasin → Zambezi Basin ⓘ

this entity surface form: Zambezi River Basin

Kariba Gorge → locatedInDrainageBasin → Zambezi Basin ⓘ

Kafue River → partOf → Zambezi Basin ⓘ

this entity surface form: Zambezi River basin

Cahora Bassa Gorge → drainageBasin → Zambezi Basin ⓘ

Zambezi Basin → abbreviation → Zambezi Basin self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: ZAMCOM Basin

Kalahari Basin → borders → Zambezi Basin ⓘ

Cahora Bassa Dam → partOf → Zambezi Basin ⓘ

this entity surface form: Zambezi River basin

Manyame River → partOf → Zambezi Basin ⓘ

this entity surface form: Zambezi River basin

Manyame River → drainageBasin → Zambezi Basin ⓘ

this entity surface form: Zambezi drainage basin

Cataract Island → partOf → Zambezi Basin ⓘ

this entity surface form: Zambezi River system

African Great Lakes → hydrologicalBasin → Zambezi Basin ⓘ

this entity surface form: Zambezi River basin

Shire River → partOf → Zambezi Basin ⓘ

this entity surface form: Zambezi River basin

Botswana and Zimbabwe → shareRiverBasin → Zambezi Basin ⓘ

this entity surface form: Zambezi River basin

Matusadona National Park → locatedInBasin → Zambezi Basin ⓘ

this entity surface form: Zambezi River basin

Zimbabwe Plateau → drainageDivide → Zambezi Basin ⓘ

this entity surface form: Zambezi River basin

Zambezi Valley protected areas complex → partOf → Zambezi Basin ⓘ

this entity surface form: Zambezi River basin

Lusaka River → partOf → Zambezi Basin ⓘ

this entity surface form: Zambezi River basin

“Mosi-oa-Tunya” in the Lozi language → hydrologicalBasin → Zambezi Basin ⓘ

subject surface form: Mosi-oa-Tunya

Batoka Gorge → partOf → Zambezi Basin ⓘ

this entity surface form: Zambezi River system

Narrative of an Expedition to the Zambesi and Its Tributaries → setting → Zambezi Basin ⓘ

this entity surface form: Zambezi River region

Zimbabwe–Zambia border → partOfRiverBasin → Zambezi Basin ⓘ

Rotse → historicalRegion → Zambezi Basin ⓘ

this entity surface form: Upper Zambezi basin

Chinhoyi → drainageBasin → Zambezi Basin ⓘ

this entity surface form: Zambezi River basin

Mutarazi Falls → drainageBasin → Zambezi Basin ⓘ

this entity surface form: Zambezi River basin

Zambia and Zimbabwe → shareEcosystem → Zambezi Basin ⓘ

this entity surface form: Zambezi River basin

Cuando → mouthLocationRegion → Zambezi Basin ⓘ

Kwando → partOf → Zambezi Basin ⓘ

this entity surface form: Zambezi River basin

Kwando → formsPartOf → Zambezi Basin ⓘ

this entity surface form: Cuando–Linyanti–Chobe river system

Zambezian Baikiaea woodlands → nearRiverBasin → Zambezi Basin ⓘ

this entity surface form: Zambezi River basin

Lochinvar National Park → partOf → Zambezi Basin ⓘ

this entity surface form: Zambezi River basin

Zambezi Delta → partOf → Zambezi Basin ⓘ

this entity surface form: Zambezi River basin

Bulozi Plain → drainageBasin → Zambezi Basin ⓘ

this entity surface form: Zambezi River basin

Kavango–Zambezi Transfrontier Conservation Area → followsRiverBasin → Zambezi Basin ⓘ

this entity surface form: Zambezi River basin

Kavango–Zambezi Transfrontier Conservation Area → region → Zambezi Basin ⓘ

this entity surface form: Okavango–Zambezi region

Tete Province → riverBasin → Zambezi Basin ⓘ

Mafinga Hills → isWatershedFor → Zambezi Basin ⓘ

this entity surface form: Zambezi River basin

Mafinga Hills → drainageDivideBetween → Zambezi Basin ⓘ

this entity surface form: Zambezi basin

Kariba Dam → partOf → Zambezi Basin ⓘ

this entity surface form: Zambezi River basin

Lake Kariba → partOf → Zambezi Basin ⓘ

this entity surface form: Zambezi River basin

Kafue Flats → basin → Zambezi Basin ⓘ

this entity surface form: Zambezi River basin

Zambezi Watercourse Commission → operatesInBasin → Zambezi Basin ⓘ

this entity surface form: Zambezi River Basin

Kafue Gorge Lower Power Station → riverBasin → Zambezi Basin ⓘ

this entity surface form: Zambezi River basin