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| {{Geobox|River'
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| |other_name = ''Zambesi, Zambeze''
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| |nickname = Besi
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| |image;_Botswana.jpg
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| |image_caption = The Zambezi River at the of Namibia, Zambia, Zimbabwe and Botswana
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| |country = [[Zambia]]
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| |country1 = [[Angola]]
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| |country2 = [[Namibia]]
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| |country3 = [[Botswana]]
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| |country4 = [[Zimbabwe]]
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| |country5 = [[Mozambique]]
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| |source = Zambezi Source National Forest
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| |source_location =[[Ikelenge District]] | source_region =[[North-Western Province, Zambia|North-Western Province]] | source_country =[[Zambia]]
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| |source_elevation=1500
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| |source_lat_d = 11| source_lat_m = 22| source_lat_s = 11| source_lat_NS =S
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| |source_long_d = 24| source_long_m = 18| source_long_s = 30| source_long_EW =E
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| |mouth = [[Indian Ocean]]
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| |mouth_location =
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| |mouth_district =
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| |mouth_region = [[Zambezia Province]] and [[Sofala Province]]
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| |mouth_state =
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| |mouth_country =[[Mozambique]]
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| |mouth_lat_d = 18| mouth_lat_m = 34| mouth_lat_s = 14| mouth_lat_NS = S
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| |mouth_long_d = 36| mouth_long_m = 28| mouth_long_s = 13| mouth_long_EW = E
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| |length =2574
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| |watershed = 1390000
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| |discharge = 3400
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| |discharge_note = <ref name="Beilfuss">[http://files.gorongosa.net/filestore/348-patterns_hydrological_change_zambezi_delta.pdf Richard Beilfuss & David dos Santos: Patterns of Hydrological Change in the Zambezi Delta, Monogram for the Sustainable Management of Cahora Bassa Dam and The Lower Zambezi Valley (2001). Estimated mean flow rate 3424 m³/s]</ref><ref name="INBO">[http://www.riob.org/transfrontalier/Bilanglobal.PDF International Network of Basin Organisations/Office International de L'eau:] "Développer les Compétences pour mieux Gérer l'Eau: Fleuves Transfrontaliers Africains: Bilan Global." (2002). Estimated annual discharge 106 km<sup>3</sup>, equal to mean flow rate 3360 m<sup>3</sup>/s</ref>
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| |map =Zambezi.jpg
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| The '''Zambezi''' (also spelled '''Zambeze''' and '''Zambesi''') is the [[List of rivers by length|fourth-longest]] [[river]] in [[Africa]], the longest east flowing river in Africa and the largest flowing into the [[Indian Ocean]] from Africa. The area of its [[drainage basin|basin]] is {{convert|1390000|km2}}, slightly less than half that of the [[Nile]]. The {{convert|2574|km|mi|adj=mid|-long river}} rises in [[Zambia]] and flows through eastern [[Angola]], along the eastern border of [[Namibia]] and the northern border of [[Botswana]], then along the border between [[Zambia]] and [[Zimbabwe]] to [[Mozambique]], where it crosses the country to empty into the [[Indian Ocean]]. | | The '''Zambezi''' (also spelled '''Zambeze''' and '''Zambesi''') is the [[List of rivers by length|fourth-longest]] [[river]] in [[Africa]], the longest east flowing river in Africa and the largest flowing into the [[Indian Ocean]] from Africa. The area of its [[drainage basin|basin]] is {{convert|1390000|km2}}, slightly less than half that of the [[Nile]]. The {{convert|2574|km|mi|adj=mid|-long river}} rises in [[Zambia]] and flows through eastern [[Angola]], along the eastern border of [[Namibia]] and the northern border of [[Botswana]], then along the border between [[Zambia]] and [[Zimbabwe]] to [[Mozambique]], where it crosses the country to empty into the [[Indian Ocean]]. |
