Zambezi River Basin

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.

The Zambezi River at theVictoria Falls.

41.7%

18.4%

15.6%

12.8%

8.0%

1.0%

2.0%

NAMIBIA

ANGOLA

BOTSWANA

ZAMBIA

ZIMBABWE

MOZAMBIQUE

TANZANIA

MALAWI

Eight countries share the Zambezi River Basin area

Sources: Chenje, M. (Ed.) 2000. State of the Environment Zambezi

Basin 2000. SADC/IUCN/ZRA/SARDC, Maseru/Lusaka/Harare

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