Origins
The river rises in a black, marshy dambo in dense, undulating miombo woodland 50 km (31 mi) north of 展开

The river supports large populations of many animals. Hippopotamuses are abundant along most of the calm stretches of the river, as well as Nile crocodiles. Monitor lizards are found in many places. Birds are abundant, with species including heron, 展开

Up to the Late Pliocene or Pleistocene (more than two million years ago), the upper Zambezi flowed south through what is now the 展开

The delta of the Zambezi is today about half as broad as it was before the construction of the Kariba and Cahora Bassa dams controlled the seasonal variations in the flow rate of the river. Before the dams were built, seasonal flooding of the Zambezi … 展开

The north of the Zambezi basin has mean annual rainfall of 1100 to 1400 mm, which declines towards the south, reaching about half that figure in the south-west. The rain falls in a 4-to-6 … 展开

Upper Zambezi: 507,200 km , discharges 1044 m /s at Victoria Falls, comprising:
Northern Highlands catchment, 222,570 km , 850 m /s at Lukulu: Chifumage River: Angolan central plateau Luena River: Angolan central plateau Kabompo River: 72,200 km , NW … 展开

Etymology
The first European to come across the Zambezi River was Vasco da Gama in January 1498, who anchored at what he called Rio dos Bons Sinais … 展开