Talk:Zambezi

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The article states that the Zambezi is the 'largest' to flow into the Indian Ocean. I'm not sure what largest means here. If it means longest, this seems to be correct. But if it refers to average annual discharge, surely the Ganges River is larger?

Bathrobe 04:02, 1 September 2005 (UTC)

I tripped over that sentence also. I suspect it means largest African river into the Indian Ocean. Rmhermen 13:20, September 1, 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Zambesi vs Zambezi

I suggest that, for the sake of consistensy, we use the spelling Zambezi (most used English spelling) instead of Zambesi. --Ezeu 19:32, 14 October 2005 (UTC)

I also Think thats right to use the right spelling cause everyone always gets mixed up!!!

[edit] Few more additions

1. Notes: I see you're going for a single Notes/Refs section. Would it be better to have any numbered notes at the top of this, for findability?
2. I'd like to add a bit about Nyami nyami (god of the river, per the Tonga people). Where would you like this? Would it work to change "Exploration of the river" to something like "People and the river"?

Cheers, JackyR 00:53, 7 February 2006 (UTC)

Numbering of citations would definitely be good - I'll go through and add what I can. Might be a few days before I can though, probably won't have much computer access over the next couple of days. I do definitely prefer just a single reference section, if possible - you often see 'Notes' then 'References' sections but that means you have to follow two footnotes to get to the source of a fact rather than just one.

I put stuff about the Lozi people's relationship with the river in 'Upper river', so maybe info about Nyaminyami (which would certainly be an excellent addition) could go in 'Middle river'? (Tonga people inhabit the parts above the Kariba gorge, right?) [[User:Worldtraveller|Worldtravell Ilove fuker

[edit] Sources of the river

Britannica states that the river rises near Kalene Hill. On the map Kalene Hill looks much closer to the sources than Mwinilunga, which is situated some 70 km southward, on West Lunga river (tributary of Zambezi). There is no info about Kalene Hill in the Wikipedia. Verdi1 16:37, 31 May 2006 (UTC)

Are you aloud to change the web page cause everytime I try I always end up stuffing up my computer cause im a geogilist xoxo Evie Witerfild —Preceding unsigned comment added by 220.233.16.214 (talk) 00:48, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Tributaries: duplication of Wikipedia entries for those rivers

I suggest that the paragraphs on the tributaries be replaced by links to articles on each of those rivers, and details all be transferred to those pages. The article is quite long already, and could do with a few comments on the Zambezi basin as a whole and on the palaeogeographical history of the river. Does anyone object? Rexparry sydney 05:29, 18 February 2007 (UTC)

As previously flagged and since there were no objections I have moved detailed text on the tributaries to articles on those rivers and replaced with the an oiverview of the Zambezi basin listing the rivers with some hydrological data, and including material on floods especially. Rexparry sydney 06:53, 16 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Figures for average discharge

The figure given here was 7000 m³/s which is found in other references such as MSN Encarta and several websites. A figure of 4880 m³/s is given on the Rivers of the Earth website. However I have found two references, both hydrological works, giving figures either side of 3,400 m³/s and so I have amended to this figure and given the references. Possibly the figure of 7000 m³/s is the mean flow rate for March or April, ie when the river is in flood. The same thing happened with the Victoria Falls page - rainy season peak flow rate being used as an average figure. Rexparry sydney 03:40, 15 March 2007 (UTC)

Similarly these two references give lower figures for area of the basin. Rexparry sydney 08:21, 15 March 2007 (UTC)