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Zambezi River
The Zambezi River basin and its drainage network.
The Zambezi River basin is the fourth largest in Africa. Estimates regarding its total area vary slightly among sources: it is often cited as draining an area of more than 500,000 square miles (1,300,000 square kilometres), while other data indicates an approximate area of 463,000 square miles.12