what does the zambezi river flow into?
Namibia
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 The Great Rift Valley runs through the country from north to south , and to the east of the valley lies Lake Malawi ( also called Lake Nyasa ) , making up over three @-@ quarters of Malawi 's eastern boundary . Lake Malawi is sometimes called the Calendar Lake as it is about 365 miles ( 587 km ) long and 52 miles ( 84 km ) wide . The Shire River flows from the south end of the lake and joins the Zambezi River 250 miles ( 400 km ) farther south in Mozambique . The surface of Lake Malawi is located at 1 @,@ 500 feet ( 457 m ) above sea level , with a maximum depth of 2 @,@ 300 feet ( 701 m ) , which means the lake bottom is over 700 feet ( 213 m ) below sea level at some points . 

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 A river of sea water , called the Atlantic North Equatorial Current , flows westward off the coast of Central Africa . When this current interacts with the northeastern coast of South America , the current forks into two branches . One passes into the Caribbean Sea , while a second , the Antilles Current , flows north and east of the West Indies . These two branches rejoin north of the Straits of Florida . 

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 The watershed between the major Congo and Nile drainage basins runs from north to south through Rwanda , with around 80 % of the country 's area draining into the Nile and 20 % into the Congo via the Rusizi River and Lake Tanganyika . The country 's longest river is the Nyabarongo , which rises in the south @-@ west , flows north , east , and southeast before merging with the Ruvubu to form the Kagera ; the Kagera then flows due north along the eastern border with Tanzania . The Nyabarongo @-@ Kagera eventually drains into Lake Victoria , and its source in Nyungwe Forest is a contender for the as @-@ yet undetermined overall source of the Nile . Rwanda has many lakes , the largest being Lake Kivu . This lake occupies the floor of the Albertine Rift along most of the length of Rwanda 's western border , and with a maximum depth of 480 metres ( 1 @,@ 575 ft ) , it is one of the twenty deepest lakes in the world . Other sizeable lakes include Burera , Ruhondo , Muhazi , Rweru , and Ihema , the last being the largest of a string of lakes in the eastern plains of Akagera National Park . 

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 According to Mawema , black nationalists held a meeting in 1960 to choose an alternative name for the country , and names including Machobana and Monomotapa were proposed before his suggestion , Zimbabwe , prevailed . A further alternative , put forward by nationalists in Matabeleland , had been " Matopos " , referring to the Matopos Hills to the south of Bulawayo . 

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 = = = Matabele ambushes on both sides of the river = = = 
