Scientists chart a new source, and length, for Africa’s famous Zambezi River

Mongabay
Dec 3, 2025, 3:26 pm431 ptsTop
A new study suggests that the Zambezi River, Africa’s fourth-longest, is 11% longer than previously thought, with its most distant source lying in Angola, not Zambia. While the finding leaves the Zambezi as Africa’s fourth-longest river — after the Nile, the Congo and the Niger — the redefinition of its…

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