Editing Zambezi (section)

===Lower Zambezi===
The lower Zambezi's {{convert|650|km}} from Cahora Bassa to the Indian Ocean is navigable, although the river is shallow in many places during the dry season. This shallowness arises as the river enters a broad valley and spreads out over a large area. Only at one point, the [[Lupata Gorge]], {{convert|320|km}} from its mouth, is the river confined between high hills. Here, it is scarcely {{convert|200|m}} wide. Elsewhere it is from {{convert|5|to|8|km|0}} wide, flowing gently in many streams. The river bed is sandy, and the banks are low and reed-fringed. At places, however, and especially in the rainy season, the streams unite into one broad, fast-flowing river.{{citation needed|date=September 2017}}

About {{convert|160|km}} from the sea, the Zambezi receives the drainage of [[Lake Malawi]] through the [[Shire River]]. On approaching the Indian Ocean, the river splits up into a [[River delta|delta]].<ref name=Dorling/> Each of the primary distributaries, Kongone, Luabo, and Timbwe, is obstructed by a [[Shoal|sand bar]]. A more northerly branch, called the [[Chinde River|Chinde]] mouth, has a minimum depth at low water of {{convert|2|m|0}} at the entrance and {{convert|4|m|0}} further in, and is the branch used for navigation. About {{convert|100|km}} further north is a river called the [[Quelimane]], after the town at its mouth. This stream, which is silting up, receives the overflow of the Zambezi in the rainy season.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Zambezi - Encyclopedia |url=https://theodora.com/encyclopedia/z/zambezi.html |access-date=2021-05-20 |website=theodora.com |language=en |archive-date=20 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210520105706/https://theodora.com/encyclopedia/z/zambezi.html |url-status=live }}</ref>{{Citation needed|date=May 2020}}
[[File:Mighty Zambezi afternoon view.jpg|alt=#Wiki Loves Africa in Namibia 2023#|thumb|Mighty Zambezi]]