by Emily Stehr (Author)
"Zambezi: a river in Southern Africa, flowing south and west from Zambia through Eastern Angola and Zambia and then east along the border between Zambia and Zimbabwe into and through central Mozambique to the Indian Ocean. 1650 miles (2657 km) long." http: //dictionary.reference.com/browse/zambezi Alexander Keith Johnston; Dictionary of Geography, Descriptive, Physical, Statistical, and Historical, Forming a Complete General Gazetteer of the World; Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans; 1853 Alexander Keith Johnston writes: "ZAMBEZE, or CUAMA, a river of East Africa, enters the Indian Ocean by numerous mouths, between Luabo and Quilimane, latitude 18 degrees to 19 degrees south, longitude 36 degrees to 37 degrees east, after an east course uncertain length. Only its principal branch, the Quilimane, has been ascertained to be fit for navigation."