Zambezi River facts for kids

Course of the Zambezi

Zambezi River in North Western Zambia

Victoria Falls from Zambia

The Zambezi River is the fourth largest river in Africa. It is also the largest river that enters the Indian Ocean. It starts in Zambia, flows successively through Angola, Zambia again, borders Namibia, Botswana and Zimbabwe, to Mozambique where it enters the ocean.

The Victoria Falls, the most beautiful sight on the river, is listed as one of the UNESCO World Heritage Sites. The Kariba Dam on the Zambezi is a major source of hydroelectricity

Images for kids

Victoria Falls, the end of the upper Zambezi and beginning of the middle Zambezi
Annotated view of the Zambezi river delta from space.
Hippopotamus in the Zambezi River
View of the Middle Zambezi
Victoria Falls National Park marker
Map by Willem Janszoon Blaeu, dated 1635, showing the course of the Zambezi, and its source in a great lake.
Satellite image showing Victoria Falls and subsequent series of zigzagging gorges
Two local people in the Zambezi river near Victoria falls, Zambia.
1975 photo of Victoria Falls Bridge
Tourist boat on the Zambezi River, Mosi-oa-Tunya National Park, Zambia. 1971 photo.
Lake Cahora Bassa in Mozambique, one of the river's major sources of hydroelectric energy
The Zambezi's delta
The river and its floodplain near Mongu in Zambia
Water is black in this false-colour image of the Zambezi flood plain
Detailed true-colour image shows the stark eastern edge of the Zambezi floodplain