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href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%86%D9%87%D8%B1_%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%85%D8%A8%D9%88%D8%A8%D9%88" title="نهر ليمبوبو – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="نهر ليمبوبو" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ast mw-list-item"><a href="https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/R%C3%ADu_Limpopo" title="Ríu Limpopo – Asturian" lang="ast" hreflang="ast" data-title="Ríu Limpopo" data-language-autonym="Asturianu" data-language-local-name="Asturian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Asturianu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gn mw-list-item"><a href="https://gn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Limp%C3%B3po" title="Limpópo – Guarani" lang="gn" hreflang="gn" data-title="Limpópo" data-language-autonym="Avañe'ẽ" data-language-local-name="Guarani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Avañe'ẽ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-az mw-list-item"><a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Limpopo_%C3%A7ay%C4%B1" title="Limpopo çayı – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="Limpopo çayı" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-azb mw-list-item"><a href="https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%DB%8C%D9%85%D9%BE%D9%88%D9%BE%D9%88_%DA%86%D8%A7%DB%8C%DB%8C" title="لیمپوپو چایی – South Azerbaijani" lang="azb" hreflang="azb" data-title="لیمپوپو چایی" data-language-autonym="تۆرکجه" data-language-local-name="South Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>تۆرکجه</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bn mw-list-item"><a href="https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%AE%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AA%E0%A7%8B%E0%A6%AA%E0%A7%8B_%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%A6%E0%A7%80" title="লিম্পোপো নদী – Bangla" lang="bn" hreflang="bn" data-title="লিম্পোপো নদী" data-language-autonym="বাংলা" data-language-local-name="Bangla" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বাংলা</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ba mw-list-item"><a href="https://ba.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D0%B8%D0%BC%D0%BF%D0%BE%D0%BF%D0%BE" title="Лимпопо – Bashkir" lang="ba" hreflang="ba" data-title="Лимпопо" data-language-autonym="Башҡортса" data-language-local-name="Bashkir" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Башҡортса</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D1%96%D0%BC%D0%BF%D0%BE%D0%BF%D0%B0_(%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BA%D0%B0)" title="Лімпопа (рака) – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Лімпопа (рака)" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be-x-old mw-list-item"><a href="https://be-tarask.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D1%96%D0%BC%D0%BF%D0%BE%D0%BF%D0%B0" title="Лімпопа – Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" lang="be-tarask" hreflang="be-tarask" data-title="Лімпопа" data-language-autonym="Беларуская (тарашкевіца)" data-language-local-name="Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская (тарашкевіца)</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bh mw-list-item"><a href="https://bh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%8B_%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%A6%E0%A5%80" title="लिम्पोपो नदी – Bhojpuri" lang="bh" hreflang="bh" data-title="लिम्पोपो नदी" data-language-autonym="भोजपुरी" data-language-local-name="Bhojpuri" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>भोजपुरी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D0%B8%D0%BC%D0%BF%D0%BE%D0%BF%D0%BE" title="Лимпопо – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Лимпопо" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-br mw-list-item"><a href="https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/Limpopo" title="Limpopo – Breton" lang="br" hreflang="br" data-title="Limpopo" data-language-autonym="Brezhoneg" data-language-local-name="Breton" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Brezhoneg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Limpopo" title="Limpopo – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Limpopo" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ceb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ceb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Limpopo_River" title="Limpopo River – Cebuano" lang="ceb" hreflang="ceb" data-title="Limpopo River" data-language-autonym="Cebuano" data-language-local-name="Cebuano" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cebuano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Limpopo" title="Limpopo – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Limpopo" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cy mw-list-item"><a href="https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afon_Limpopo" title="Afon Limpopo – Welsh" lang="cy" hreflang="cy" data-title="Afon Limpopo" data-language-autonym="Cymraeg" data-language-local-name="Welsh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cymraeg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Limpopo" title="Limpopo – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Limpopo" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Limpopo_(Fluss)" title="Limpopo (Fluss) – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Limpopo (Fluss)" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Limpopo" title="Limpopo – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Limpopo" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%9B%CE%B9%CE%BC%CF%80%CF%8C%CF%80%CE%BF" title="Λιμπόπο – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Λιμπόπο" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Limpopo" title="Limpopo – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Limpopo" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Limpopo" title="Limpopo – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Limpopo" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Limpopo_(ibaia)" title="Limpopo (ibaia) – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Limpopo (ibaia)" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%AF_%D9%84%DB%8C%D9%85%D9%BE%D9%88%D9%BE%D9%88" title="رود لیمپوپو – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="رود لیمپوپو" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Limpopo_(fleuve)" title="Limpopo (fleuve) – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Limpopo (fleuve)" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/R%C3%ADo_Limpopo" title="Río Limpopo – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Río Limpopo" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%A6%BC%ED%8F%AC%ED%8F%AC%EA%B0%95" title="림포포강 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="림포포강" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ha mw-list-item"><a href="https://ha.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kogin_Limpopo" title="Kogin Limpopo – Hausa" lang="ha" hreflang="ha" data-title="Kogin Limpopo" data-language-autonym="Hausa" data-language-local-name="Hausa" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hausa</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D4%BC%D5%AB%D5%B4%D5%BA%D5%B8%D5%BA%D5%B8" title="Լիմպոպո – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Լիմպոպո" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hi mw-list-item"><a href="https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%8B_%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%A6%E0%A5%80" title="लिम्पोपो नदी – Hindi" lang="hi" hreflang="hi" data-title="लिम्पोपो नदी" data-language-autonym="हिन्दी" data-language-local-name="Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>हिन्दी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Limpopo_(rijeka)" title="Limpopo (rijeka) – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Limpopo (rijeka)" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-io mw-list-item"><a href="https://io.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fluvio_Limpopo" title="Fluvio Limpopo – Ido" lang="io" hreflang="io" data-title="Fluvio Limpopo" data-language-autonym="Ido" data-language-local-name="Ido" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ido</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sungai_Limpopo" title="Sungai Limpopo – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Sungai Limpopo" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-is mw-list-item"><a href="https://is.wikipedia.org/wiki/Limpopoflj%C3%B3t" title="Limpopofljót – Icelandic" lang="is" hreflang="is" data-title="Limpopofljót" data-language-autonym="Íslenska" data-language-local-name="Icelandic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Íslenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Limpopo" title="Limpopo – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Limpopo" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%9C%D7%99%D7%9E%D7%A4%D7%95%D7%A4%D7%95" title="לימפופו – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="לימפופו" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%9A%E1%83%98%E1%83%9B%E1%83%9E%E1%83%9D%E1%83%9E%E1%83%9D" title="ლიმპოპო – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="ლიმპოპო" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kk mw-list-item"><a href="https://kk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D0%B8%D0%BC%D0%BF%D0%BE%D0%BF%D0%BE" title="Лимпопо – Kazakh" lang="kk" hreflang="kk" data-title="Лимпопо" data-language-autonym="Қазақша" data-language-local-name="Kazakh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Қазақша</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-rw mw-list-item"><a href="https://rw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Umugezi_wa_Limpopo" title="Umugezi wa Limpopo – Kinyarwanda" lang="rw" hreflang="rw" data-title="Umugezi wa Limpopo" data-language-autonym="Ikinyarwanda" data-language-local-name="Kinyarwanda" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ikinyarwanda</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sw mw-list-item"><a href="https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Limpopo_(mto)" title="Limpopo (mto) – Swahili" lang="sw" hreflang="sw" data-title="Limpopo (mto)" data-language-autonym="Kiswahili" data-language-local-name="Swahili" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kiswahili</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ky mw-list-item"><a href="https://ky.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D0%B8%D0%BC%D0%BF%D0%BE%D0%BF%D0%BE_%D0%B4%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%8B%D1%8F%D1%81%D1%8B" title="Лимпопо дарыясы – Kyrgyz" lang="ky" hreflang="ky" data-title="Лимпопо дарыясы" data-language-autonym="Кыргызча" data-language-local-name="Kyrgyz" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Кыргызча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-la mw-list-item"><a href="https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Limpopum" title="Limpopum – Latin" lang="la" hreflang="la" data-title="Limpopum" data-language-autonym="Latina" data-language-local-name="Latin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Limpopo" title="Limpopo – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="Limpopo" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Latvian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latviešu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Limpopas_(up%C4%97)" title="Limpopas (upė) – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Limpopas (upė)" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Limpopo_(foly%C3%B3)" title="Limpopo (folyó) – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Limpopo (folyó)" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mk mw-list-item"><a href="https://mk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D0%B8%D0%BC%D0%BF%D0%BE%D0%BF%D0%BE_(%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%BA%D0%B0)" title="Лимпопо (река) – Macedonian" lang="mk" hreflang="mk" data-title="Лимпопо (река)" data-language-autonym="Македонски" data-language-local-name="Macedonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Македонски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mg mw-list-item"><a href="https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Limpopo_(renirano)" title="Limpopo (renirano) – Malagasy" lang="mg" hreflang="mg" data-title="Limpopo (renirano)" data-language-autonym="Malagasy" data-language-local-name="Malagasy" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Malagasy</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ml mw-list-item"><a href="https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%B2%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%82%E0%B4%AA%E0%B5%8B%E0%B4%AA%E0%B5%8B_%E0%B4%A8%E0%B4%A6%E0%B4%BF" title="ലിംപോപോ നദി – Malayalam" lang="ml" hreflang="ml" data-title="ലിംപോപോ നദി" data-language-autonym="മലയാളം" data-language-local-name="Malayalam" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>മലയാളം</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-xmf mw-list-item"><a href="https://xmf.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%9A%E1%83%98%E1%83%9B%E1%83%9E%E1%83%9D%E1%83%9E%E1%83%9D" title="ლიმპოპო – Mingrelian" lang="xmf" hreflang="xmf" data-title="ლიმპოპო" data-language-autonym="მარგალური" data-language-local-name="Mingrelian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>მარგალური</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%86%D9%87%D8%B1_%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%85%D8%A8%D9%88%D8%A8%D9%88" title="نهر ليمبوبو – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="نهر ليمبوبو" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مصرى</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Limpopo_(rivier)" title="Limpopo (rivier) – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Limpopo (rivier)" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a 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class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uz mw-list-item"><a href="https://uz.wikipedia.org/wiki/Limpopo" title="Limpopo – Uzbek" lang="uz" hreflang="uz" data-title="Limpopo" data-language-autonym="Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча" data-language-local-name="Uzbek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pa mw-list-item"><a href="https://pa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A8%B2%E0%A8%BF%E0%A8%AE%E0%A8%AA%E0%A9%8B%E0%A8%AA%E0%A9%8B_%E0%A8%A8%E0%A8%A6%E0%A9%80" title="ਲਿਮਪੋਪੋ ਨਦੀ – Punjabi" lang="pa" hreflang="pa" data-title="ਲਿਮਪੋਪੋ ਨਦੀ" data-language-autonym="ਪੰਜਾਬੀ" data-language-local-name="Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ਪੰਜਾਬੀ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Limpopo_(rzeka)" title="Limpopo (rzeka) – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Limpopo (rzeka)" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rio_Limpopo" title="Rio Limpopo – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Rio Limpopo" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Limpopo_(r%C3%A2u)" title="Limpopo (râu) – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Limpopo (râu)" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D0%B8%D0%BC%D0%BF%D0%BE%D0%BF%D0%BE" title="Лимпопо – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Лимпопо" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-st mw-list-item"><a href="https://st.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noka_ya_Limpopo" title="Noka ya Limpopo – Southern Sotho" lang="st" hreflang="st" data-title="Noka ya Limpopo" data-language-autonym="Sesotho" data-language-local-name="Southern Sotho" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Sesotho</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nso mw-list-item"><a href="https://nso.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noka_ya_Limpopo" title="Noka ya Limpopo – Northern Sotho" lang="nso" hreflang="nso" data-title="Noka ya Limpopo" data-language-autonym="Sesotho sa Leboa" data-language-local-name="Northern Sotho" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Sesotho sa Leboa</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Limpopo_River" title="Limpopo River – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="Limpopo River" 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mw-list-item"><a href="https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Limpopo_(joki)" title="Limpopo (joki) – Finnish" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="Limpopo (joki)" data-language-autonym="Suomi" data-language-local-name="Finnish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Suomi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Limpopo" title="Limpopo – Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="Limpopo" data-language-autonym="Svenska" data-language-local-name="Swedish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Svenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ta mw-list-item"><a href="https://ta.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AE%B2%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%AE%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%AA%E0%AF%8B%E0%AE%AA%E0%AF%8B_%E0%AE%86%E0%AE%B1%E0%AF%81" title="லிம்போபோ ஆறு – Tamil" lang="ta" hreflang="ta" data-title="லிம்போபோ ஆறு" data-language-autonym="தமிழ்" data-language-local-name="Tamil" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>தமிழ்</span></a></li><li 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data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme)>div:not(.notheme)[style]{background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme) div:not(.notheme){background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media(min-width:640px){body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table{display:table!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>caption{display:table-caption!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>tbody{display:table-row-group}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output 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River in <a href="/wiki/Mozambique" title="Mozambique">Mozambique</a></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Limpopo_River_basin_map.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/Limpopo_River_basin_map.svg/220px-Limpopo_River_basin_map.svg.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="163" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/Limpopo_River_basin_map.svg/330px-Limpopo_River_basin_map.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/Limpopo_River_basin_map.svg/440px-Limpopo_River_basin_map.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="688" data-file-height="511" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Course and watershed of the Limpopo River</div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #CEDEFF;color: #202122;">Location</th></tr><tr style="padding: 0 0.6em 0.2em 0.6em;line-height: 1.2em;"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Country</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/South_Africa" title="South Africa">South Africa</a>, <a href="/wiki/Botswana" title="Botswana">Botswana</a>, <a href="/wiki/Zimbabwe" title="Zimbabwe">Zimbabwe</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mozambique" title="Mozambique">Mozambique</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #CEDEFF;color: #202122;">Physical characteristics</th></tr><tr style="display:none;"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Source confluence</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Marico_River" title="Marico River">Marico</a> and <a href="/wiki/Crocodile_River_(West)" class="mw-redirect" title="Crocodile River (West)">Crocodile</a></td></tr><tr style="padding: 0 0.6em 0.2em 0.6em;line-height: 1.2em;"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span style="font-weight:normal"> • location</span></th><td class="infobox-data">Botswana/South Africa border</td></tr><tr style="padding: 0 0.6em 0.2em 0.6em;line-height: 1.2em;"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span style="font-weight:normal"> • coordinates</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="geo-inline"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Limpopo_River&params=24.1913_S_26.8708_E_type:river"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">24°11′29″S</span> <span class="longitude">26°52′15″E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">24.1913°S 26.8708°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">-24.1913; 26.8708</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr style="padding: 0 0.6em 0.2em 0.6em;line-height: 1.2em;"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span style="font-weight:normal"> • elevation</span></th><td class="infobox-data">872 m (2,861 ft)</td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/River_mouth" title="River mouth">Mouth</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Indian_Ocean" title="Indian Ocean">Indian Ocean</a></td></tr><tr style="padding: 0 0.6em 0.2em 0.6em;line-height: 1.2em;"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display:inline;font-weight:normal"> • location</div></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Gaza_Province" title="Gaza Province">Gaza Province</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mozambique" title="Mozambique">Mozambique</a></td></tr><tr style="padding: 0 0.6em 0.2em 0.6em;line-height: 1.2em;"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display:inline;font-weight:normal"> • coordinates</div></th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="geo-inline"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1156832818"><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Limpopo_River&params=25_12_22_S_33_30_40_E_type:river_region:MZ"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">25°12′22″S</span> <span class="longitude">33°30′40″E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">25.20611°S 33.51111°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">-25.20611; 33.51111</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr style="padding: 0 0.6em 0.2em 0.6em;line-height: 1.2em;"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display:inline;font-weight:normal"> • elevation</div></th><td class="infobox-data">0 m (0 ft)</td></tr><tr style="padding: 0 0.6em 0.2em 0.6em;line-height: 1.2em;"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Length</th><td class="infobox-data">1,750 km (1,090 mi)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Basin size</th><td class="infobox-data">415,000 km<sup>2</sup> (160,000 sq mi)</td></tr><tr style="display:none;"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr style="padding: 0 0.6em 0.2em 0.6em;line-height: 1.2em;"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Discharge</th><td class="infobox-data"> </td></tr><tr style="padding: 0 0.6em 0.2em 0.6em;line-height: 1.2em;"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span style="font-weight:normal"> • location</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Xai-Xai" title="Xai-Xai">Xai-Xai</a></td></tr><tr style="padding: 0 0.6em 0.2em 0.6em;line-height: 1.2em;"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span style="font-weight:normal"> • average</span></th><td class="infobox-data">(Period: 1971–2000)313.4 m<sup>3</sup>/s (11,070 cu ft/s)<sup id="cite_ref-Limpopo_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Limpopo-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #CEDEFF;color: #202122;">Basin features</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Drainage_basin" title="Drainage basin">River system</a></span></th><td class="infobox-data">Limpopo River</td></tr><tr style="padding: 0 0.6em 0.2em 0.6em;line-height: 1.2em;"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Tributaries</th><td class="infobox-data"> </td></tr><tr style="padding: 0 0.6em 0.2em 0.6em;line-height: 1.2em;"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span style="font-weight:normal"> • left</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Notwane_River" title="Notwane River">Notwane</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bonwapitse_River" title="Bonwapitse River">Bonwapitse</a>, Mahalapswe, <a href="/wiki/Lotsane_River" title="Lotsane River">Lotsane</a>, <a href="/wiki/Motloutse_River" title="Motloutse River">Motloutse</a>, <a href="/wiki/Shashe_River" title="Shashe River">Shashe</a>, <a href="/wiki/Umzingwani_River" class="mw-redirect" title="Umzingwani River">Umzingwani</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bubi_River" class="mw-redirect" title="Bubi River">Bubi</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mwenezi_River" title="Mwenezi River">Mwenezi</a>, <a href="/wiki/Changane_River" title="Changane River">Changane</a></td></tr><tr style="padding: 0 0.6em 0.2em 0.6em;line-height: 1.2em;"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span style="font-weight:normal"> • right</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Marico_River" title="Marico River">Marico</a>, <a href="/wiki/Crocodile_River_(Limpopo)" title="Crocodile River (Limpopo)">Crocodile</a>, <a href="/wiki/Matlabas_River" title="Matlabas River">Matlabas</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mokolo_River" title="Mokolo River">Mikolo</a>, <a href="/wiki/Palala_River" title="Palala River">Palala</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mogalakwena_River" title="Mogalakwena River">Mogalakwena</a>, Kolope, <a href="/wiki/Sand_River_(Limpopo)" title="Sand River (Limpopo)">Sand</a>, <a href="/wiki/Nwanedi_River" title="Nwanedi River">Nwanedi</a>, <a href="/wiki/Luvuvhu_River" class="mw-redirect" title="Luvuvhu River">Luvuvhu</a>, <a href="/wiki/Olifants_River_(Limpopo)" title="Olifants River (Limpopo)">Olifants</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below"><a class="mw-kartographer-map notheme mw-kartographer-container center" style="width: 270px; height: 250px;" data-mw-kartographer="mapframe" data-style="osm-intl" data-width="270" data-height="250" data-zoom="5" data-overlays="["_4e414e96442760ec65951d3f53f14c78b915c7d0"]"><img src="https://maps.wikimedia.org/img/osm-intl,5,a,a,270x250.png?lang=en&domain=en.wikipedia.org&title=Limpopo_River&revid=1250916148&groups=_4e414e96442760ec65951d3f53f14c78b915c7d0" width="270" height="250" decoding="async" srcset="https://maps.wikimedia.org/img/osm-intl,5,a,a,270x250@2x.png?lang=en&domain=en.wikipedia.org&title=Limpopo_River&revid=1250916148&groups=_4e414e96442760ec65951d3f53f14c78b915c7d0 2x" alt="Map" /></a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>Limpopo River</b> (<span class="rt-commentedText nowrap"><span class="IPA nopopups noexcerpt" lang="en-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/English" title="Help:IPA/English">/<span style="border-bottom:1px dotted"><span title="'l' in 'lie'">l</span><span title="/ɪ/: 'i' in 'kit'">ɪ</span><span title="'m' in 'my'">m</span><span title="/ˈ/: primary stress follows">ˈ</span><span title="'p' in 'pie'">p</span><span title="/oʊ/: 'o' in 'code'">oʊ</span><span title="'p' in 'pie'">p</span><span title="/oʊ/: 'o' in 'code'">oʊ</span></span>/</a></span></span>) rises in <a href="/wiki/South_Africa" title="South Africa">South Africa</a><sup id="cite_ref-EBLimpopo_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-EBLimpopo-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and flows generally eastward through <a href="/wiki/Mozambique" title="Mozambique">Mozambique</a> to the <a href="/wiki/Indian_Ocean" title="Indian Ocean">Indian Ocean</a>. The term Limpopo is derived from Rivombo (Livombo/Lebombo), a group of <a href="/wiki/Tsonga_people" title="Tsonga people">Tsonga</a> settlers led by Hosi Rivombo who settled in the mountainous vicinity and named the area after their leader.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="The linked reference doesn't make this claim, no is it found from a quick search (June 2023)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> The river has been called the <a href="/wiki/Vhembe" class="mw-redirect" title="Vhembe">Vhembe</a> by local <a href="/wiki/Venda" title="Venda">Venda</a> communities of the area where now that name has been adopted by the <a href="/wiki/South_African_government" class="mw-redirect" title="South African government">South African government</a> as its <a href="/wiki/District_Municipality" class="mw-redirect" title="District Municipality">District Municipality</a> in the north, a name that was also suggested in 2002 as a possible title for the province but was voted against. The river is approximately 1,750 km (1,090 mi) long, with a <a href="/wiki/Drainage_basin" title="Drainage basin">drainage basin</a> of 415,000 km<sup>2</sup> (160,000 sq mi) in size. The mean <a href="/wiki/Discharge_(hydrology)" title="Discharge (hydrology)">discharge</a> measured over a year is 170 m<sup>3</sup>/s (6,000 cu ft/s) to 313 m<sup>3</sup>/s (11,100 cu ft/s) at its mouth.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Limpopo_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Limpopo-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Limpopo is the second largest African <a href="/wiki/River" title="River">river</a> that drains to the Indian Ocean, after the <a href="/wiki/Zambezi" title="Zambezi">Zambezi River</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The first European to sight the river was <a href="/wiki/Vasco_da_Gama" title="Vasco da Gama">Vasco da Gama</a>, who anchored off its mouth in 1498 and named it Espirito Santo River. Its lower course was explored by <a href="/wiki/St_Vincent_Whitshed_Erskine" title="St Vincent Whitshed Erskine">St Vincent Whitshed Erskine</a> in 1868–69, and Captain J F Elton travelled down its middle course in 1870. </p><p>The drainage area of Limpopo River has decreased over <a href="/wiki/Deep_time" title="Deep time">geological time</a>. Up to <a href="/wiki/Piacenzian" title="Piacenzian">Late Pliocene</a> or <a href="/wiki/Pleistocene" title="Pleistocene">Pleistocene</a> times, the upper course of the Zambezi River drained into the Limpopo River.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The change of the <a href="/wiki/Drainage_divide" title="Drainage divide">drainage divide</a> is the result of <a href="/wiki/Epeirogenic_movement" title="Epeirogenic movement">epeirogenic movement</a> that uplifted the surface north of present-day Limpopo River, diverting waters into Zambezi River.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Course">Course</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Limpopo_River&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Course"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238443738">.mw-parser-output .locmap .od{position:absolute}.mw-parser-output .locmap .id{position:absolute;line-height:0}.mw-parser-output .locmap .l0{font-size:0;position:absolute}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pv{line-height:110%;position:absolute;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pl{line-height:110%;position:absolute;top:-0.75em;text-align:right}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pr{line-height:110%;position:absolute;top:-0.75em;text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pv>div{display:inline;padding:1px}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pl>div{display:inline;padding:1px;float:right}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pr>div{display:inline;padding:1px;float:left}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .od,html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .od .pv>div,html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .od .pl>div,html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .od .pr>div{background:#fff!important;color:#000!important}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .locmap{filter:grayscale(0.6)}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data .locmap div{background:transparent!important}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .locmap{filter:grayscale(0.6)}html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .od,html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .od .pv>div,html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .od .pl>div,html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .od .pr>div{background:white!important;color:#000!important}html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data .locmap div{background:transparent!important}}</style><div class="locmap noviewer noresize thumb tright"><div class="thumbinner" style="width:252px"><div style="position:relative;width:250px;border:1px solid lightgray"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Mozambique_adm_location_map.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Limpopo River is located in Mozambique"><img alt="Limpopo River is located in Mozambique" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Mozambique_adm_location_map.svg/250px-Mozambique_adm_location_map.svg.png" decoding="async" width="250" height="376" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Mozambique_adm_location_map.svg/375px-Mozambique_adm_location_map.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Mozambique_adm_location_map.svg/500px-Mozambique_adm_location_map.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1134" data-file-height="1706" /></a></span><div class="od notheme" style="top:87.016%;left:31.528%;font-size:91%"><div class="id" style="left:-10px;top:-10px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Limpopo River"><img alt="Limpopo River" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/Cercle_rouge_100%25.svg/20px-Cercle_rouge_100%25.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/Cercle_rouge_100%25.svg/30px-Cercle_rouge_100%25.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/Cercle_rouge_100%25.svg/40px-Cercle_rouge_100%25.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="200" data-file-height="200" /></span></span></div><div class="pr" style="width:6em;left:11px"><div>Limpopo River</div></div></div></div><div class="thumbcaption"><div class="magnify"><a href="/wiki/File:Mozambique_adm_location_map.svg" title="File:Mozambique adm location map.svg">class=notpageimage| </a></div>Location of the Limpopo River's mouth</div></div></div> <p>The river flows in a great arc, first zigzagging north and then north-east, then turning east and finally south-east. It serves as a border for about 640 kilometres (398 mi), separating South Africa to the southeast from Botswana to the northwest and Zimbabwe to the north. At the <a href="/wiki/Confluence" title="Confluence">confluence</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Marico_River" title="Marico River">Marico River</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Crocodile_River_(Limpopo)" title="Crocodile River (Limpopo)">Crocodile River</a>, the name becomes the Limpopo River. There are several <a href="/wiki/Rapids" title="Rapids">rapids</a> as the river falls off <a href="/wiki/Southern_Africa" title="Southern Africa">Southern Africa</a>'s inland <a href="/wiki/Escarpment" title="Escarpment">escarpment</a>. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Notwane_River" title="Notwane River">Notwane River</a> is a major <a href="/wiki/Tributary" title="Tributary">tributary</a> of the Limpopo, rising on the edge of the <a href="/wiki/Kalahari_Desert" title="Kalahari Desert">Kalahari Desert</a> in Botswana and flowing in a north-easterly direction.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The main tributary of the Limpopo, the <a href="/wiki/Olifants_River_(Limpopo)" title="Olifants River (Limpopo)">Olifants River</a> (Elephant River), contributes around 1,233 million m<sup>3</sup> of water per year.<sup id="cite_ref-Boroto_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Boroto-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Other major tributaries include the <a href="/wiki/Shashe_River" title="Shashe River">Shashe River</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mzingwane_River" title="Mzingwane River">Mzingwane River</a>, Crocodile River, <a href="/wiki/Mwenezi_River" title="Mwenezi River">Mwenezi River</a> and <a href="/wiki/Levubu_River" title="Levubu River">Luvuvhu River</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the north-eastern corner of South Africa the river borders the <a href="/wiki/Kruger_National_Park" title="Kruger National Park">Kruger National Park</a>. The port town of <a href="/wiki/Xai-Xai" title="Xai-Xai">Xai-Xai</a>, Mozambique, is on the river near the <a href="/wiki/River_mouth" title="River mouth">mouth</a>. Below the Olifants, the river is <a href="/wiki/Navigability" title="Navigability">navigable</a> to the sea, though a <a href="/wiki/Shoal" title="Shoal">sandbar</a> prevents access by large ships except at high tide. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Tributaries">Tributaries</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Limpopo_River&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Tributaries"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <caption> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th>Left hand </th> <th>Right hand </th></tr> <tr> <td> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Notwane_River" title="Notwane River">Notwane River</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bonwapitse_River" title="Bonwapitse River">Bonwapitse River</a></li> <li>Mahalapswe River</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lotsane_River" title="Lotsane River">Lotsane River</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Motloutse_River" title="Motloutse River">Motloutse River</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shashe_River" title="Shashe River">Shashe River</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Umzingwani_River" class="mw-redirect" title="Umzingwani River">Umzingwani River</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bubi_River" class="mw-redirect" title="Bubi River">Bubi River</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mwenezi_River" title="Mwenezi River">Mwenezi River</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Changane_River" title="Changane River">Changane River</a></li></ul> </td> <td> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Marico_River" title="Marico River">Marico River</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crocodile_River_(Limpopo)" title="Crocodile River (Limpopo)">Crocodile River</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Matlabas_River" title="Matlabas River">Matlabas River</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mokolo_River" title="Mokolo River">Mokolo River</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Palala_River" title="Palala River">Palala River</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mogalakwena_River" title="Mogalakwena River">Mogalakwena River</a></li> <li>Kolope River</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sand_River_(Limpopo)" title="Sand River (Limpopo)">Sand River</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nwanedi_River" title="Nwanedi River">Nwanedi River</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Luvuvhu_River" class="mw-redirect" title="Luvuvhu River">Luvuvhu River</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Olifants_River_(Limpopo)" title="Olifants River (Limpopo)">Olifants River</a></li></ul> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Basin_characteristics">Basin characteristics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Limpopo_River&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Basin characteristics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:GreasyLimpopo.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6f/GreasyLimpopo.jpg/220px-GreasyLimpopo.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="146" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6f/GreasyLimpopo.jpg/330px-GreasyLimpopo.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6f/GreasyLimpopo.jpg/440px-GreasyLimpopo.jpg 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="532" /></a><figcaption>Sign at the viewing deck of the Limpopo River at Mapungubwe National Park, South Africa, featuring a quote from Rudyard Kipling</figcaption></figure> <p>The waters of the Limpopo flow sluggishly, with considerable silt content. <a href="/wiki/Rudyard_Kipling" title="Rudyard Kipling">Rudyard Kipling's</a> characterization of the river as the "great grey-green, greasy Limpopo River, all set about with <a href="/wiki/Vachellia_xanthophloea" title="Vachellia xanthophloea">fever-trees</a>", where the "<a href="/wiki/Central_African_rock_python" title="Central African rock python">Bi-Coloured Python Rock-Snake</a>" dwells<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> in the <i><a href="/wiki/Just_So_Stories" title="Just So Stories">Just So Stories</a></i> is apt. Rainfall is seasonal and unreliable: in dry years, the upper parts of the river flow for 40 days or less. The upper part of the drainage basin, in the Kalahari Desert, is arid but conditions become less arid further downriver. The next reaches drain the <a href="/wiki/Waterberg_Biosphere" title="Waterberg Biosphere">Waterberg Massif</a>, a <a href="/wiki/Biome" title="Biome">biome</a> of semi-deciduous forest and low-density human population.<sup id="cite_ref-Hogan_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Hogan-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The fertile lowlands support a denser population, and about 14 million people live in the Limpopo basin. <a href="/wiki/Flood" title="Flood">Flooding</a> during the <a href="/wiki/Wet_season" title="Wet season">rainy season</a> is an occasional problem in the lower reaches. During February 2000 heavy rainfalls during the passage of a <a href="/wiki/Cyclone" title="Cyclone">cyclone</a> caused the catastrophic <a href="/wiki/2000_Mozambique_flood" title="2000 Mozambique flood">2000 Mozambique flood</a>. </p><p>The highest concentration of <a href="/wiki/Hippopotamus" title="Hippopotamus">hippopotamus</a> in the Limpopo River is found between the Mokolo and the Mogalakwena Rivers.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> There is a lot of mining activity in the Limpopo River basin with about 1,900 functioning mines, not counting about 1,700 abandoned mines.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Limpopo_River&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Vasco_da_Gama" title="Vasco da Gama">Vasco da Gama</a>, on his first expedition, was probably among the first Europeans to sight the river, when he anchored off the mouth in 1498. However, there has been human habitation in the region since time immemorial—sites in the Makapans Valley near <a href="/wiki/Mokopane" title="Mokopane">Mokopane</a> contain <a href="/wiki/Australopithecus" title="Australopithecus">Australopithecus</a> fossils from 3.5 million years ago. <a href="/wiki/St_Vincent_Whitshed_Erskine" title="St Vincent Whitshed Erskine">St Vincent Whitshed Erskine</a>, later surveyor general for South Africa, traveled to the mouth of the river in 1868–69.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>A <a href="/wiki/Bull_shark" title="Bull shark">Zambezi shark</a> was caught hundreds of kilometres upriver at the confluence of the Limpopo and Luvuvhu Rivers in July 1950. Zambezi sharks tolerate fresh water and can travel far up the Limpopo.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2013, approximately 15,000 <a href="/wiki/Nile_crocodile" title="Nile crocodile">Nile crocodiles</a> were accidentally released into the river from flood gates at the nearby Rakwena Crocodile Farm.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Gallery">Gallery</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Limpopo_River&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Gallery"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-packed"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 162px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 160px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Crook%27s_corner.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="The river as seen from Crook's Corner in Kruger National Park, South Africa. Straight ahead of the river is Mozambique. Across the river is Zimbabwe."><img alt="The river as seen from Crook's Corner in Kruger National Park, South Africa. Straight ahead of the river is Mozambique. Across the river is Zimbabwe." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b2/Crook%27s_corner.jpg/240px-Crook%27s_corner.jpg" decoding="async" width="160" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b2/Crook%27s_corner.jpg/360px-Crook%27s_corner.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b2/Crook%27s_corner.jpg/480px-Crook%27s_corner.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2048" data-file-height="1536" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">The river as seen from Crook's Corner in <a href="/wiki/Kruger_National_Park" title="Kruger National Park">Kruger National Park</a>, <a href="/wiki/South_Africa" title="South Africa">South Africa</a>. Straight ahead of the river is <a href="/wiki/Mozambique" title="Mozambique">Mozambique</a>. Across the river is <a href="/wiki/Zimbabwe" title="Zimbabwe">Zimbabwe</a>.</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 182px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 180px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Limpopo_-_Over_the_river_we_go_5.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Crossing Limpopo in Mozambique"><img alt="Crossing Limpopo in Mozambique" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/Limpopo_-_Over_the_river_we_go_5.jpg/270px-Limpopo_-_Over_the_river_we_go_5.jpg" decoding="async" width="180" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/Limpopo_-_Over_the_river_we_go_5.jpg/405px-Limpopo_-_Over_the_river_we_go_5.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/Limpopo_-_Over_the_river_we_go_5.jpg/540px-Limpopo_-_Over_the_river_we_go_5.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4160" data-file-height="2773" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Crossing Limpopo in Mozambique</div> </li> </ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Limpopo_River&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Limpopo_border_gates&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Limpopo border gates (page does not exist)">Limpopo border gates</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Great_Limpopo_Transfrontier_Park" title="Great Limpopo Transfrontier Park">Great Limpopo Transfrontier Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_international_border_rivers" class="mw-redirect" title="List of international border rivers">List of international border rivers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Drainage_basin_A" title="Drainage basin A">Drainage basin A</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span 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