Overview
The Gairezi River begins on the slope's of
Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe (), officially the Republic of Zimbabwe, is a landlocked country located in Southeast Africa, between the Zambezi and Limpopo Rivers, bordered by South Africa to the south, Botswana to the south-west, Zambia to the north, and Mozam ...
's highest mountain, the 2,592 meter
Mount Nyangani
Mount Nyangani (formerly Mount Inyangani) is the highest mountain in Zimbabwe at . The mountain is located within Nyanga National Park in Nyanga District, about northwest of Mutare. The summit lies atop a small outcrop of rock around above the s ...
, and is located in eastern Zimbabwe. As it winds its way north from the
Eastern Highlands
:''"Eastern Highlands" also refers to Eastern Highlands Province in Papua New Guinea, and part of the Great Dividing Range, Australia.''
The Eastern Highlands, also known as the Manica Highlands, is a mountain range on the border of Zimbabwe ...
, and for more than 60 km, it subsequently forms the border between Zimbabwe and
Mozambique
Mozambique (), officially the Republic of Mozambique ( pt, Moçambique or , ; ny, Mozambiki; sw, Msumbiji; ts, Muzambhiki), is a country located in southeastern Africa bordered by the Indian Ocean to the east, Tanzania to the north, Malawi ...
before joining the
Mazowe
Mazowe is a village in Mashonaland Central province in Zimbabwe.
Notable people
*John Bredenkamp
* Fortune Chasi
* Chenhanho Chimutengwende
*Paul Tangi Mhova Mkondo
* Auxilia Mnangagwa
*Grace Mugabe
*Joseph Msika
Joseph Wilfred Msika (6 Dece ...
and
Zambezi
The Zambezi River (also spelled Zambeze and Zambesi) is the fourth-longest river in Africa, the longest east-flowing river in Africa and the largest flowing into the Indian Ocean from Africa. Its drainage basin covers , slightly less than hal ...
Rivers—as well as the Luenha River, a tributary of the Zambezi—at approximately 160 km upstream.
The Gaizeri River runs through
Nyanga Nyanga may mean:
*Nyanga Province, of Gabon
* Nyanga River, in Gabon and Congo
*Nyanga people, an ethnic group from Congo
*Nyanga, Zimbabwe, a town
*Nyanga District, Zimbabwe
*Nyanga National Park in Zimbabwe
* Nyanga, Western Cape, a township in S ...
, a town in Zimbabwe's
Manicaland Province
Manicaland is a province in eastern Zimbabwe. After Harare Province, it is the country's second-most populous province, with a population of 2.037 million, as of the 2022 census. After Harare and Bulawayo provinces, it is Zimbabwe's third-most de ...
.
River system
Rivers of Zimbabwe
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