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  Limpopo River -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
The Limpopo is the second largest river in the region.
The port town of Xai-xai is on the river near the mouth.
The waters of the Limpopo are indeed sluggish and silty.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/l/li/limpopo_river.htm   (336 words)

  
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In historical times, the Limpopo River was considered to be a strong-flowing perennial river but is now regarded as a weakly perennial river where flows frequently cease and, during drought periods, no surface water is present over large stretches of the middle and lower reaches of the river.
Elands River drains the area to the northwest of Johannesburg, whilst the Pienaars River drains the area from Pretoria northwards to the Waterberg Mountains near the town of Warmbaths.
The area along the banks of the Limpopo River is part of a formal irrigation area, and uses water that is pumped either from the bed of the Limpopo River or from boreholes sunk next to the riverbed.
www.wits.ac.za /fac/engineering/mining/FinalReport-Section4.doc   (17929 words)

  
 Welcome to South Africa
Named after the great Limpopo River that flows along its northern border, this province is rich in wildlife, spectacular scenery and a wealth of historical and cultural treasures.
South of Limpopo are the Soutpansberg mountains, South Africa’s northernmost mountain range and one of the most diverse habitats in the country.
One of the most remarkable icons in Limpopo, Mapungubwe is situated at the confluence of the Sashi and Limpopo Rivers.
www.southafrica.net /index.cfm?SitePageID=257&ProvinceID=10   (1458 words)

  
 Limpopo River - Encyclopedia.WorldSearch   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
There are several rapids as the river falls off Southern Africa's interior escarpment.
The main tributary is the Olifants/Letaba river (Elephant River).
Baines exploration of the gold-bearing region between the Limpopo and Zambesi rivers
encyclopedia.worldsearch.com /limpopo_river.htm   (382 words)

  
 africanfront.com (AUF)
The drainage area of the Limpopo and its tributaries is approximately 384,000 sq km.
The Limpopo is unnavigable until its confluence with the Olifants River, 130 miles (209 km) from the coast.
The Limpopo River, which was initially a perennial river in Mozambique, can actually fall dry for up to a period of eight months per year, mainly due to abstractions in the upper catchment area.
www.africanfront.com /water_sheds/water_sheds2/water_sheds13.php   (815 words)

  
 Limpopo-safaris.com
One, Limpopo View(also called main camp), is situated on top of a rock (kopje) with a grand view of the countryside, the Limpopo River and Zimbabwe.
River View is a newly build camp with bungalows with private bath and toilet, air-condition etc. From most of the bungalows you will be able to lie in your bed at night and look out on the river.
Limpopo Safaris is situated in the far north of South Africa in the Northern Province.
www.limpopo-safaris.com /showpage.php?page=accomodations_eng   (1018 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: Senegal River   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
It is formed by the confluence of the Semefé and Bafing rivers.
Both have their source in Guinea; the Bafing River flows through Mali, and the Semefé is on the Malinese-Senegalese border.
The river has two large dams along its course, the Manantali Dam in Mali, and the Maka-Diama dam on the Mauritania-Senegal border, near the outlet to the sea.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Senegal-River   (206 words)

  
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The main objectives were to (i) develop a monitoring policy for the river; (ii) promote the equitable utilization of the river; (iii) formulate strategies for the development of the river and (iv) monitor the execution of the IWRM in the river.
The two river basins are in the same order in terms of population size, and largest portion of it live in the upstream areas around the water divider.
The two river basins are now undergoing a process to create a multilateral river commission, and problems delaying the establishment of the commissions are more or less the same, as the basin States are having difficulties with the establishment of the river commissions.
www.somwat.com /UNUpaper.html   (11931 words)

  
 The Okavango basin
The Omatako tributary in Namibia is an ephemeral river, flowing north-east to enter the Cubango River at the border between Angola and Namibia.
The Crocodile River, which is the upper part of the Limpopo River, originates in South Africa near Johannesburg.
The Limpopo River, which was initially a perennial river in Mozambique, can actually fall dry for up to a period of eight months per year, mainly due to abstractions in the upper catchment area [155].
www.fao.org /docrep/w4347e/w4347e0p.htm   (1032 words)

  
 The Elephant Sanctuary, Hohenwald, Tennessee   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
Flying by helicopter over Limpopo Park last Friday, we could see several herds and single bulls moving through the bush that had formerly been denuded of game by Mozambique's protracted war and by serving as a coutada, or hunting ground, under earlier Portuguese colonial rule.
He believes that the elephants are signalling each other that it is safe to return to their old stomping grounds in the Mozambican area now that the war is over and it no longer serves as a hunting place or as a "bush meat" abattoir for guerrilla fighters.
Most found openings in the high-security fence at river crossings, but Hofmeyr says one bull trundled for many kilometres along the fence until he was able to round it where it meets the Limpopo River border in the far north.
www.elephants.com /media/IOL_3_27_05.htm   (801 words)

  
 Armoria patriæ - Limpopo Province   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
Limpopo Province, the most northerly of the nine new provinces, adopted its arms on 23 March 1998, when it was known as Northern Province.
The line of division for the chief (the top of the shield) suggests the course of the Limpopo River which, together with its tributary the Marico, forms the northern (abutting Zimbabwe) and north-western (Botswana) border of the province – more than a third of the province’s boundaries.
This was the river that Rudyard Kipling called “the great, grey, green, greasy Limpopo River” in his allegorical tale The Elephant’s Child.
uk.geocities.com /landswapen/9prov/NPe.html   (1316 words)

  
 Rennies Wetland Project - Press Releases
The town of Chokwe, north of the capital Maputo, was buzzing with rumours about a great flood wave surging down the Limpopo river from the high ground far awav to the west.
On the night of February 26 and the early morning of the next day, the flood wave ran the length of the Limpopo in Mozambique, sweeping away villages and fields drowning cows and submerging much of the town of Xai Xai near the river mouth on the Indian Ocean.
From the Charles river in the eastern US to the Rhine in Europe, floods have been blamed on the elimination of wetlands and the industrialised world's love affair with concrete.
psybergate.com /wetfix/Press/Press23/press.htm   (1624 words)

  
 Soutpansberg-Limpopo Birding Route   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
However access to the river itself is possible if organized in advance through the concession area in the northernmost part of Kruger and through other private farms that border on the river (see boxes for details).
An interesting road to travel is the Malaladrift–Musina road that follows the Limpopo River, crossing a number of its tributaries and passing through small patches of farmland.
On the plains, around the river the area is dominated by Mopane Woodland and is broken by extensive patches of Acacia thickets in the low lying parts and Commiphera dominated vegetation on the rocky outcrops.
www.limpopobirding.com /links/areas.htm   (1992 words)

  
 AquaNews - The Vancouver Aquarium's Aquatic Environmental News Network
The Limpopo River's massive brown plume of sediment is visible at the centre of this satellite image of the Indian Ocean.
The 1,800 kilometre Limpopo River has its source in South Africa, flowing on a semicircular course northeast and then east through Zimbabwe and Mozambique to the Indian Ocean.
The two-year UNEP project is in response to the devastating loss of life and livelihoods that occurred over the past five years as a result of the region’s worst floods in living memory.
www.vanaqua.org /aquanew/fullnews.php?id=1643   (366 words)

  
 Limpopo, South Africa | The Limpopo Province - A comprehensive Travel Guide
The Limpopo province celebrates a rich cultural heritage and at many archaeological sites the mysteries of the past are still being discovered.
Happily, today the Limpopo Province is united in its aim to offer the best possible welcome to all who visit this spectacular region of South Africa.
The northern section of the Kruger National Park is renowned for its large herds of elephant and buffalo, significant numbers of tsessebe and sable and a rich bird life.
www.sa-venues.com /north_province.htm   (743 words)

  
 WATER RESOURCES IN THE SAVANNA REGIONS OF BOTSWANA   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
Apart from the perennial rivers and wetlands in the north and the over-utilised Limpopo and its tributaries in the east, Botswana suffers from a lack of surface water and therefore development relies heavily on groundwater.
The major perennial rivers and wetlands are located in the north and the over-utilised Limpopo and its tributaries in the east.
Where large rivers or their tributaries flow from one country to another, or form the boundaries between countries, they are referred to as international rivers or shared watercourse systems.
www.savannas.net /botswana/ruhydro.htm   (6399 words)

  
 Inter Press Service News Agency
"The Limpopo was selected because of the combination of high poverty levels, chronic water scarcity and widespread food insecurity," explains Adriaan Louw of the South African Agricultural Research Council, who is the Challenge Programme coordinator for the Limpopo.
However, the area is arid or semi-desert with most rivers only able to provide water for short periods of time each year.
Despite these uneven water flows, the Limpopo has been settled by smallholder farming communities which rely on seasonal rains to irrigate their crops.
www.ipsnews.net /sendnews.asp?idnews=26364   (834 words)

  
 MSN Encarta - Search Results - Limpopo
Limpopo, river in southeastern Africa, rising as the Krokodil River in the mountainous Witwatersrand region of northern South Africa.
Great Limpopo Transfrontier Park, wildlife park in southern Africa, spread across territory in southwestern Mozambique, northeastern South Africa,...
The chief rivers are the Orange, Vaal, and Limpopo.
encarta.msn.com /Limpopo.html   (87 words)

  
 Limpopo
The upper Limpopo is also known as the Krokodil, or Crocodile.
The river's main tributary, the Olifants, enters the Limpopo c.130 mi (210 km) from its mouth; below this point the Limpopo is permanently navigable.
The lower Limpopo waters a fertile and heavily populated region.
www.factmonster.com /ce6/world/A0829818.html   (187 words)

  
 Zimbabwe
On either side of the ridge the land slopes downward, in the north to the Zambezi River and in the south to the Limpopo River.
Along the eastern border is a mountain range that rises to a maximum elevation of 2592 m (8504 ft) at Mount Inyangani.
Lake Kariba, which was formed behind Kariba Dam on the Zambezi River, lies astride the country's northern boundary.
www.afroyonda.info /country/zw.html   (398 words)

  
 Atlas: Agricultural Management and Environmental Change in the Shashe/Limpopo River Basin, Southern Africa by Julia ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
The Shashe/Limpopo River Basin occupies the border between Botswana, Zimbabwe and South Africa.
River flow is highly seasonal, but prior to modern damming flow was year round with high probability of flooding during the rainy season.
Although presently considered marginal for dryland agropastoral production, at various times over the last 1200 years the river basin has supported intensive dryland farming and was the focus for the rise of complex society within southern Africa between 800 AD and 1270 AD.
atlas-conferences.com /cgi-bin/abstract/cahi-68   (432 words)

  
 Tuli Safari Lodge, Tuli Block, Botswana, Africa   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
The Limpopo River, when flowing, and riverine forest are home to many large crocodiles, monitor lizards and hippopotami.
At the lodge and down by the river, the massive centuries-old Nyala-berry trees are as beautiful as the giant Wild Fig.
It is generally referred to as the 'Hardveld' because of the multitude of rocky outcrops and the abundance of rock, stones and pebbles of all shapes and sizes.
www.tulilodge.com /wildlife   (733 words)

  
 Soutpansberg
The approximate boundaries of the Soutpansberg Region include the Tropic of Capricorn to the south, the Limpopo River to the North, the Magalakwen River to the West and the Kruger Park/Mozambique border to the east.
The most prominent features of this area are the mountains - Soutpansberg (named after the large salt pans found at the base of the north-western slopes of the mountain) - and the Limpopo River system, the life blood of the arid mopaneveld.
In the Soutpansberg alone 540 species of trees are to be found and it is believed that 600 species occur in the entire region.
www.places.co.za /html/soutpansberg.html   (356 words)

  
 Limpopo River Basin   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
On major reaches of the Limpopo and many of its tributaries, the flow of water in the river in dry years can occur for 40 days or less.
Most rivers are able to provide water only for short periods of time each year.
Each river in the basin has communities with an average annual per capita income of less than US$200.
www.waterforfood.org /BB_Limpopo_River_Basin.asp   (442 words)

  
 Horseback riding in Botswana - TULI SAFARI   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
A classic point-to-point safari which begins at the camp headquarters on the banks of the mighty Limpopo River, and ends a week later at Motloutse River on the western periphery of Mashatu Game Reserve.
The open plains so characteristic of this area are perfect for a good gallop as you head in the direction of the Majale and Limpopo rivers.
This is an old tribal court from a nearby community that was relocated to the banks of the Motloutse River on the western periphery of Mashatu.
www.ridingtours.com /horseback_riding_destinations/ride.cfm?id=4310CE3A-9AC2-4C46-B088-2C0F2F0793C5   (879 words)

  
 Limpopo River safaris, lodges and wildlife tours   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
The Limpopo River is in the southeast of Africa.
It rises as the Krokodil (Crocodile) River in the Witwatersrand region of northern South Africa.
It flows on a semicircle course first northeast and then for about 1 800km to the Indian Ocean.The river’s main tributary, the Olifants, enters the Limpopo 210 km from its mouth; below this point the Limpopo is permanently navigable.
www.ecoafrica.com /african/travel/LimpopoRiver.html   (109 words)

  
 FEWS NET 3.0 Center   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
In the Limpopo River Basin, Chokwe town and its outskirts were flooded; the town's drainage system was under construction and not operational when the rains fell, exacerbating the flooding.
In the southern region, the Limpopo River level is also decreasing, and, as shown in Figure 3, the situation appears to be stabilizing.
The river is already receding, and given that the rainy season is soon to end, further flooding is doubtful.
www.fews.net /centers/innerSections.aspx?f=mz&m=1001208&pageID=monthliesDoc   (1982 words)

  
 mogalakwena river lodge, limpopo game lodge   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
there is a vast, peaceful and incredibly beautiful, the Bushveld region of the Limpopo Province is a fascinating destination with a rich cultural legacy and a natural splendour that appeals particularly to those in need of a place to unwind.
The accommodation has been created to blend into Africa and a delicate balance is achieved between the harmony of the African bush and the sophisticated comforts of civilization.
The Limpopo Province is renowned for its warm and pleasant summers and dry, mild winters.
www.uyaphi.com /NPmogalakwenariverlodge.htm   (475 words)

  
 PC-CP Systems analysis : Long Term Development of the Limpopo River   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
The primary goal of our approach is to develop an educational tool for use in capacity building in the Limpopo basin region and train policy making staff.
Exercises based on this tool could be put together to develop policy targets for multinational negotiations training and for regional or national vision validation.
Consequently, in this work we are interested in understanding the development constraints of the Limpopo River basin in southeastern Africa covering the important countries of South Africa, Zimbabwe, Botswana, and Mozambique.
webworld.unesco.org /water/wwap/pccp/cd/limpopo.html   (215 words)

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