Mazowe River
The Mazowe River (previously called Mazoe River) is a river in Zimbabwe and Mozambique.[1]
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. In 1920, the Mazowe Dam was constructed on the river forty kilometres north of Harare to irrigate citrus farms.[2]
The river and its tributaries are a popular site for gold panners and small placer operations,[3] although in the wet season, the Mazowe becomes a raging torrent, often breaking its banks and causing damage to local communities and farms.
References
- ^ Tracks4Africa - Travel Africa Informed
- ^ Kent Rusmussen, R. & Rubert, S. (1990) Historical Dictionary of Zimbabwe, The Scarecrow Press.
- ^ "EMA bemoans the menace of illegal mining".
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