Ngondoma River is a river in Zhombe Communal Land, Kwekwe District in the

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province of Zimbabwe.

Location

Ngondoma River is in the

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, although some claim it to be in Mashonaland West Province. Rivers are usually identified at their mouths, and the place where Ngondoma River flows into

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is indeed Mashonaland. Munyati River serves as a border of the two, set several metres on the Midlands side. Just before its confluence with Munyati River, it passes over

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, a bat guano mine in Somapani area of Zhombe.

Sources

Ngondoma River rises in the northwest of Zhombe in what was known as Ngondoma Crown Land, However, the main drainage basin is the Mapfungautsi Forest on the Gokwe side of the river. It flows east and then northeast, where it forms part of the border with Gokwe, before entering the

Tributaries

The main tributaries of Ngondoma River are: * Ufafi River * Mavulamachena River * Chebechebe River * Nevada River * Chevecheve River * Chikombera River

Ngondoma Dam

In 1967, the

Ngondoma Dam Ngondoma Dam is a dam on the Ngondoma River located 500 meters west of the Empress Mine Township in the Midlands Province of Zimbabwe. The dam is 67 kilometers northwest of the Kwekwe and 54 km southwest of Kadoma (by air). The Zhombe Co ...

was constructed on the river 67 km northwest of Kwekwe and 54 km southwest of Kadoma (by air). The dam holds more than 7 million cubic metres of water. It supplies the government managed Ngondoma Irrigation Scheme 900 000 cubic metres of water per year by a 5.8 km gravity driven concrete lined canal.Jamesm 10.1.1.196.2228.pdf Chapter 9.4.1.2
A Study to determine water demand management in Southern Africa: the Zimbabwean experience.
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Bridges

Ngondoma River has two busy bridges. The larger one is across the Kwekwe-Gokwe Highway near Fafi School and the other one is on the Gokwe-Empress Road about 2 km down stream from the

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