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*''Zambezi'' is Zimbabwe's national beer, see [[beer in Africa]] | *''Zambezi'' is Zimbabwe's national beer, see [[beer in Africa]] | ||
*''Zambezi'' is the name of a fictional country in the 1991 comedy film ''[[King Ralph]]'' | *''Zambezi'' is the name of a fictional country in the 1991 comedy film ''[[King Ralph]]'' | ||
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The Zambezi (sometimes spelt Zambesi) is the fourth largest river in Africa, and the largest to flow into the Indian Ocean. Zambezi or Zambesi may also refer to;
- In geography
- Zambezi, Zambia, a town in the North-Western Province of Zambia
- Zambezi Escarpment, a name used for the escarpments forming both sides of the rift valley in which lie the middle Zambezi River and Lake Kariba
- Lower Zambezi National Park, which lies on the north bank of the Zambezi River in south eastern Zambia
- Zambezi District, a district of Zambia, located in North-Western Province
- Barotse Floodplain, also known as the Zambezi Floodplain, a wetland on the Zambezi River
- Kavango–Zambezi Transfrontier Conservation Area, a conservation area in southern Africa which includes the Upper Zambezi basin
- Matabeleland Zambezi Water Project (MZWP) a project being undertaken in the arid Matabeleland North province of Zimbabwe
- Zambezi Zinger, a rollercoaster which was based at Worlds of Fun, an amusement park in Kansas City, Missouri, United States
- In transport
- Air Zambezi, an airline in Zimbabwe
- Zambezi Airlines, a privately owned airline based in Lusaka, Zambia
- Mulobezi Railway (once known as the Zambezi Sawmills Railway) was constructed to carry timber from Mulobezi to Livingstone in the Southern Province of Zambia, when the country was Northern Rhodesia
- In wildlife
- Bull shark, also known as the Zambezi shark, a shark common to warm, shallow waters
- Upper Zambezi labeo, a fish of the genus Labeo
- Zambezi flapshell turtle, a species of softshell turtle in the Trionychidae family
- Zambezi indigobird, also known as the twinspot indigobird or green indigobird, is a species of bird in the Viduidae family
- Zambezi yellowfish, a fish found in the Zambezi River and common to southern Africa
- In racing
- Zambezi Sun, a Thoroughbred racehorse who competes in France
- In music
- O Zambezi, the fifth album by New Zealand / Australian rock band Dragon
- "Zambezi", a song composed by Nico Carstens which became a world hit and was recorded by artists such as Eddie Calvert, Acker Bilk, Bert Kaempfert, The Shadows, James Last, Chet Atkins, Floyd Kramer, Johnny Dankworth and The Piranhas
- In electronics
- Zambezi, the code name of an AMD microprocessor architecture for the desktop market
- In media
- Zambezi FM Radio is a commercial radio station located in the tourist capital of Zambia Livingstone
- Other uses
- Zambezi is Zimbabwe's national beer, see beer in Africa
- Zambezi is the name of a fictional country in the 1991 comedy film King Ralph