Pungwe River

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The Pungwe, Portuguese Rio Pungué, is a river in the province of Manicaland in Zimbabwe and in the provinces of Manica and Sofala in Mozambique.

The river rises on Inyangani in Nyanga National Park 100 km north of Mutare. He is one with its waterfalls - the Mtarazifälle are 760 m free fall, the sixth highest of the earth - to attractions such. From there, a water tunnel to Mutare since 1997 in working to ensure the drinking water supply of the city in the future. Previously, two ritual ceremonies were performed to appease the spirits of the Manyika. In 2005, the UNDP launched a project for the study of climate change on the water catchment area of ​​Pungwe Basin.

The river is about 400 km long, of which 340 are in Mozambique. It drains an area of 31,000 km ², of which only 5% to Zimbabwe belong. After the waterfalls of the Pungwe flowing through a canyon, then the Mtarazi cases, with 760 m the sixth- highest in the world dropping off. In Honde Valley, a tea-growing area, the Pungwe crossed the border and reached a level in which he divided into several arms, under which the Dingue Dingue is the most water and also leads in the dry season. These arms reunite before the bridge over the EN6 about 100 km upstream of the estuary at Beira. This city provides the Pungwe with drinking water, which is removed before its division into different arms.