The Chitake River flows through the
Mana Pools National Park
Mana Pools National Park is a 219,600 ha wildlife conservation area and national park in northern Zimbabwe.[Zimbabwe
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, and has its source in the
Zambezi Escarpment
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. The source is a perennial spring at the foothills, which flows for 1 kilometre within the canyon walls. The river discharges into the
Rukomechi River.
There is a major
fossil
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site on the Chitake River, where large numbers of
Syntarsus rhodesiensis have been found.
Source:
Mouth:
Rivers of Zimbabwe
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