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Line 3: The '''Mazowe River''' (previously called '''Mazoe River''') is a [[river]] in [[Zimbabwe]] and [[Mozambique]].<ref>[https://tracks4africa.co.za/listings/item/w144569/high-bridge-luenha-river/ Tracks4Africa - Travel Africa Informed]</ref> The river rises north of [[Harare]], flows north and then northeast, where it forms part of the border with [[Mozambique]] and joins the Luenha River, a tributary of the [[Zambezi River]]. The Mazowe has a catchment basin of about {{convert\|39000\|sqkm\|sqmi\|0}}.<ref>{{Cite journal\|last1=Chikozho \|first1=Claudious \|year=2008 \|title=Stakeholder Participatory Processes and Dialogue Platforms in the Mazowe River Catchment, Zimbabwe \|journal=African Studies Quarterly \|volume=10 \|issue=2/3 \|pages=27–44, page 33 \|url=https://sites.clas.ufl.edu/africanquarterly/files/Chikozho-Vol10Issue23.pdf }}</ref> In 1920, the [[Mazowe Dam]] was constructed on the river forty kilometres north of Harare to irrigate citrus farms.<ref>Kent Rusmussen, R. & Rubert, S. (1990) ''Historical Dictionary of Zimbabwe'', The Scarecrow Press.</ref> The river and its tributaries are a popular site for gold panners and small placer operations,<ref>{{Cite news\|title=EMA bemoans the menace of illegal mining \|url=https://spiked.co.zw/ema-bemoans-the-menace-of-illegal-mining/ }}</ref> although in the wet season, the Mazowe becomes a raging torrent, often breaking its banks and causing damage to local communities and farms.

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