Zambezi River Basin

Eight countries share the Zambezi River Basin area

TANZANIA

2.0%

ZAMBIA

MALAWI

ANGOLA

41.7% 18.4%

8.0%

MOZAMBIQUE

NAMIBIA

12.8%

1.0%

BOTSWANA

ZIMBABWE

1.0%

15.6%

Sources: Chenje, M. (Ed.) 2000. State of the Environment Zambezi Basin 2000. SADC/IUCN/ZRA/SARDC, Maseru/Lusaka/Harare

Figure 1.3 The Zambezi River Basin has 13 sub-basins, most of which are transboundary. The largest portion of the basin lies in Zambia, with smaller segments in Angola, Zimbabwe, Mozambique and Malawi in that order. Tanzania, Botswana and Namibia have less than three per cent of the basin each.

© Candice Bate, WWF

The Zambezi River at theVictoria Falls.

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