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| name = Buzi River |
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| native_name = {{lang-pt|Rio Búzi}} |
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| image = Cyclone Idai floods near Beira 2019-3-19 by ESA Copernicus Sentinel-1.jpg |
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| image_caption = Buzi River with floods after [[Cyclone Idai]], March 2019 |
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| subdivision_type1 = Country |
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| subdivision_name1 = [[Mozambique]] |
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| subdivision_type2 = Provinces |
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| subdivision_name2 = [[Manica Province|Manica]] and [[Sofala Province|Sofala]] |
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| length = {{convert|374|km|mi|abbr=on}} |
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| discharge1_location= Near mouth |
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| discharge1_avg = (Period: 1979–2015) {{cvt|9.49|km3/year|m3/s|abbr=on}}<ref name="GEF TWAP - Transboundary Waters Assessment Programme — GEF TWAP">{{cite web|url=http://geftwap.org|title=GEF TWAP - Transboundary Waters Assessment Programme — GEF TWAP}}</ref> |
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(Period: 1971–2000){{cvt|315.4|m3/s|cuft/s|abbr=on}}<ref name="Indian Ocean Coast">{{cite web|url=https://www.riversnetwork.org/V1/index.php/component/content/?view=article&id=158&catid=321&Itemid=179|title=Indian Ocean Coast}}</ref> |
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| source1_location = [[Eastern Highlands]] |
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| mouth = [[Mozambique Channel]] |
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| mouth_coordinates = {{Coord|19|52|0|S|34|46|0|E}} |
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| river_system = Búzi River |
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| basin_size = {{cvt|28,490|km2|mi2|abbr=on}}<ref name="GEF TWAP - Transboundary Waters Assessment Programme — GEF TWAP">{{cite web|url=http://geftwap.org|title=GEF TWAP - Transboundary Waters Assessment Programme — GEF TWAP}}</ref> to {{cvt|31,000|km2|mi2|abbr=on}} |
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| tributaries_left = Revué, Lucite |
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| ⚫ | '''Buzi River''' ({{lang-pt|Rio Búzi}}) is a river in [[Mozambique]]. The Buzi originates in the [[Eastern Highlands]] (or Manica Highlands) on the border of Mozambique and Zimbabwe, and flows eastward through [[Manica Province|Manica]] and [[Sofala Province|Sofala]] provinces of Mozambique. It empties to the [[Mozambique Channel]] west of [[Beira, Mozambique|Beira]], forming a large estuary with the [[Pungwe River]]. |
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==Geography== |
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The Buzi River is {{convert| |
The Buzi River is {{convert|374|km|mi|abbr=on}} long, with a [[drainage basin]] {{convert|31,000|km2|mi2|abbr=on}} in size. Its mean annual [[Discharge (hydrology)|discharge]] is 79 [[Cubic metre per second|m³/s]] (2,790 [[Cubic foot per second|cfs]]) to {{cvt|315|m3/s|cuft/s|abbr=on}} at its mouth.<ref name="Indian Ocean Coast">{{cite web|url=https://www.riversnetwork.org/V1/index.php/component/content/?view=article&id=158&catid=321&Itemid=179|title=Indian Ocean Coast}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last= Nakayama |first= Mikiyasu |title= International Waters in Southern Africa |year= 2003 |publisher= United Nations University Press |isbn= 92-808-1077-4 |pages= 9}}; online at [https://books.google.com/books?id=Ittv1oAJ37sC Google Books]</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/277533245_FLOOD_FORECASTING_MODELING_FOR_THE_BUZI_RIVER_BASIN_IN_MOZAMBIQUE |title=Flood forecasting modeling for the Buzi River Basin in Mozambique |date= 2012 |doi= 10.13140/RG.2.1.2603.7928 |author=Alicia Bustillos Ardaya |access-date=17 February 2021}}</ref> |
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It often causes floods, frequently forming a floodplain together with the larger [[Pungwe River]]. [[Dombé]] and [[Búzi]] are situated on the banks of the river. |
It often causes floods, frequently forming a floodplain together with the larger [[Pungwe River]]. [[Dombé]] and [[Búzi]] are situated on the banks of the river. |
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==Tributaries== |
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The Buzi and its principal tributaries rise in the [[Eastern Highlands]], or Manica Highlands, along the border with Zimbabwe. Some of the Buzi's headwater streams rise in Zimbabwe, and in other places the international border follows the watershed boundary. |
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The Revué river is the main northern tributary, and its headwaters are in the Eastern Highlands near [[Machipanda]]. In 1968, Mozambique's colonial government built the [[hydroelectricity|hydroelectric]] Chicamba Dam across the Revué to create [[Lake Chicamba]].<ref>Briggs, Philip (2011)''Mozambique''. Brandt Travel Guides, 2011. p. 217</ref> |
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The [[Lucite River]], known upstream in Zimbabwe as the Rusitu or Lusitu, is the central tributary, joining the Buzi above the Revué. |
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The [[Mossurize River]] joins the Buzi from the southwest, above the Lucite. |
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The [[Save River (Africa)|Save River]] watershed lies west and southwest of the Buzi watershed. The [[Pungwe River|Pungwe]] watershed lies to the north. |
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== References == |
== References == |
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* [http://www.pungweriver.net/Eng/main/index.htm Pungwe River Project] |
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070928141547/http://www.pungweriver.net/Eng/main/index.htm Pungwe River Project] |
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* [http://eol.jsc.nasa.gov/sseop/EFS/photoinfo.pl?PHOTO=STS61C-37-42 NASA: Earth from Space] |
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20061009082830/http://eol.jsc.nasa.gov/sseop/EFS/photoinfo.pl?PHOTO=STS61C-37-42 NASA: Earth from Space] |
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* [http://projects.stefankienberger.at/vulmoz/ Project: Vulnerability mapping Búzi] |
* [http://projects.stefankienberger.at/vulmoz/ Project: Vulnerability mapping Búzi] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090523111544/http://projects.stefankienberger.at/vulmoz/ |date=2009-05-23 }} |
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== Notes == |
== Notes == |
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{{Rivers of Mozambique}} |
{{Rivers of Mozambique}} |
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[[Category:Geography of Sofala Province]] |
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[[Category:Mozambique Channel]] |
[[Category:Mozambique Channel]] |
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[[Category:Rivers of Mozambique]] |
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Latest revision as of 10:47, 6 May 2024
| Buzi River | |
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 Buzi River with floods after Cyclone Idai, March 2019 | |
| Native name | Portuguese: Rio Búzi |
| Standort | |
| Land | Mosambik |
| Provinces | Manica and Sofala |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | |
| • location | Eastern Highlands |
| Mouth | Mozambique Channel |
• coordinates | 19°52′0″S 34°46′0″E / 19.86667°S 34.76667°E |
| Length | 374 km (232 mi) |
| Basin size | 28,490 km2 (11,000 sq mi)[1] to 31,000 km2 (12,000 sq mi) |
| Discharge | |
| • location | Near mouth |
| • average | (Period: 1979–2015) 9.49 km3/a (301 m3/s)[1] (Period: 1971–2000)315.4 m3/s (11,140 cu ft/s)[2] |
| Basin features | |
| River system | Búzi River |
| Tributaries | |
| • left | Revué, Lucite |
Buzi River (Portuguese: Rio Búzi) is a river in Mozambique. The Buzi originates in the Eastern Highlands (or Manica Highlands) on the border of Mozambique and Zimbabwe, and flows eastward through Manica and Sofala provinces of Mozambique. It empties to the Mozambique Channel west of Beira, forming a large estuary with the Pungwe River.
Geography
[edit]The Buzi River is 374 km (232 mi) long, with a drainage basin 31,000 km2 (12,000 sq mi) in size. Its mean annual discharge is 79 m³/s (2,790 cfs) to 315 m3/s (11,100 cu ft/s) at its mouth.[2][3][4]
It often causes floods, frequently forming a floodplain together with the larger Pungwe River. Dombé and Búzi are situated on the banks of the river.
Tributaries
[edit]The Buzi and its principal tributaries rise in the Eastern Highlands, or Manica Highlands, along the border with Zimbabwe. Some of the Buzi's headwater streams rise in Zimbabwe, and in other places the international border follows the watershed boundary.
The Revué river is the main northern tributary, and its headwaters are in the Eastern Highlands near Machipanda. In 1968, Mozambique's colonial government built the hydroelectric Chicamba Dam across the Revué to create Lake Chicamba.[5]
The Lucite River, known upstream in Zimbabwe as the Rusitu or Lusitu, is the central tributary, joining the Buzi above the Revué.
The Mossurize River joins the Buzi from the southwest, above the Lucite.
The Save River watershed lies west and southwest of the Buzi watershed. The Pungwe watershed lies to the north.
References
[edit]- Pungwe River Project
- NASA: Earth from Space
- Project: Vulnerability mapping Búzi Archived 2009-05-23 at the Wayback Machine
Notes
[edit]- ^ a b "GEF TWAP - Transboundary Waters Assessment Programme — GEF TWAP".
- ^ a b "Indian Ocean Coast".
- ^ Nakayama, Mikiyasu (2003). International Waters in Southern Africa. United Nations University Press. p. 9. ISBN 92-808-1077-4.; online at Google Books
- ^ Alicia Bustillos Ardaya (2012). "Flood forecasting modeling for the Buzi River Basin in Mozambique". doi:10.13140/RG.2.1.2603.7928. Retrieved 17 February 2021.
- ^ Briggs, Philip (2011)Mozambique. Brandt Travel Guides, 2011. p. 217
