wunder beta🌊 Zambezi: A River That Changes Shape
Follow the Zambezi from Zambia's seasonal floodplain through Victoria Falls and Lake Kariba to its wetland delta on the Indian Ocean.
What you’ll learn
- A river starts as a moving landscapeExplain how seasonal flooding shapes the Barotse Floodplain and the lives built around it.The upper Zambezi is a seasonal network of water, land, and human routes.
- Rock turns water into spectacleConnect Victoria Falls to basalt, erosion, and the river's continuing downstream path.At the falls, geology changes the river's height and direction without ending its journey.
- A wall changes the river's timingDescribe how Kariba Dam changes the Zambezi from a flowing valley into stored water and managed releases.A reservoir supplies power while altering the timing and geography of the river.
Questions this course answers
Why does the Barotse Floodplain change so much during the year?
UNESCO describes the floodplain as a flat network inundated by the Zambezi, with flooding peaking around April and receding from May to July.
What makes the gorges below Victoria Falls geologically important?
UNESCO describes a series of basalt gorges formed as the waterfall shifts and erosion continues.
What is the main change Kariba Dam makes to the river?
The Zambezi River Authority describes Lake Kariba as a roughly 280-kilometre reservoir created by the dam for hydropower.
Grounded in trusted sources
- https://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/5428/
- https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/509/
- https://www.zambezira.org/kdrp/sites/default/files/Kariba%20Dam%20Booklet-web.pdf
- https://rsis.ramsar.org/RISapp/files/RISrep/MZ1391RIS_1510_en.pdf
- https://www.fao.org/4/t0473e/T0473E14.htm
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