03 janv. 2025
Factsheet // Zambezi River Basin
A factsheet about the WEFE Nexus Challenges, Scenarios, and solutions in the Zambezi River Basin in Southern Africa.
Factsheet produced as part of the Go Nexus Project.
Summary
As the fourth-largest river basin of Africa, the Zambezi River Basin is shared by eight countries: Angola, Botswana, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Tanzania, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. It is home to approximately 40 million people, covers an area of 1,4 million km², and flows for 2,700 km through plains, gorges, and marshlands, with an average annual discharge of 2,600 m³/s into a delta in Mozambique.