- Shashe River
Infobox_River
river_name = Shashe River
image_size = 300px
caption = Shashe River atShashi Irrigation Scheme ,Zimbabwe
origin = northwest ofFrancistown ,Botswana
mouth =Limpopo River
basin_countries =Botswana ,Zimbabwe
length =
elevation =
discharge = 462 Mm3 Görgens, A.H.M. and Boroto, R.A. 1997. Limpopo River: flow balance anomalies, surprises and implications for integrated water resources management. In: Proceedings of the 8th South African National Hydrology Symposium, Pretoria, South Africa.]
watershed = The Shashe River (alternative spelling Shashi River) is a major left-bank tributary of theLimpopo River inZimbabwe .It rises northwest of
Francistown ,Botswana and flows into theLimpopo River whereBotswana ,Zimbabwe andSouth Africa meet, site of theShalimpo Transfrontier Conservation Area .Hydrology
The Shashe River is a highly ephemeral river, with flow generally restricted to a few days of the year. The river contributes 12.2 % of the mean annual runoff of the Limpopo Basin .
Major tributaries of the Shashe River include the Ramakwebana, Simukwe, Shashani and Thuli Rivers.
The lower Shashe River is a sand filled channel, with extensive alluvial
aquifer s in the river channel and below the alluvial plains. These supply water for a number of irrigation schemes including Sibasa and Shashi.More than two million years ago, the Upper
Zambezi river used to flow south through what is now theMakgadikgadi Pan to the Shashe River and thence theLimpopo River .Cities, Towns and Settlements along the River
The settlements cities below have are ordered from the beginning of the river to its end:
* City ofFrancistown
*Tuli village
*Shashi Irrigation Scheme Bridges and Crossings
There is a road bridge and a rail bridge south of
Francistown .The lower Shashe River forms the
international boundary betweenBotswana andZimbabwe and is unbridged. However, at Tuli, both sides of the river are in Zimbabwe and there are two legal crossing points (see left).Development
The Shashe River is dammed near
Francistown atShashe Dam . This supplies water toGaborone via theBotswana National Water Carrier .ee also
* Geological changes to the course of the Zambezi River
*
Thuli River *
Mchabezi River References
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