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Kogin Limpopo
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Kogin Limpopo yana hawa a Afirka ta Kudu,[1] kuma yana kwarara gaba ɗaya ta hanyar Mozambique zuwa Tekun Indiya. Kalmar Limpopo ta samo asali ne daga Rivombo (Livombo/Lebombo), wasu gungun mazaunan Tsonga da Hosi Rivombo suka jagoranta wadanda suka zauna a yankin tsaunukan kuma suka sanyawa yankin sunan shugabansu. Kogin yana da kimanin kilomita 1,750 (1,087 mi), tare da magudanan ruwa mai murabba'in kilomita 415,000 (160,200 sq mi) a cikin girman. Matsakaicin fitowar da aka auna tsawon shekara shine 170 m3 / s (6,200 cu ft/s) a bakin ta.[2] Limpopo ita ce kogi mafi girma na biyu a Afirka wanda ya kwarara zuwa Tekun Indiya, bayan Kogin Zambezi.
Kogin Limpopo | |
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Tsawo | 1,750 km |
Labarin ƙasa | |
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Tsarin Daidaiton Labarin Kasa | 24°11′28″S 26°52′14″E |
Kasa | Botswana, Mozambik, Afirka ta kudu da Zimbabwe |
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Watershed area (en) ![]() | 440,000 km² |
Ruwan ruwa |
Limpopo basin (en) ![]() |
River mouth (en) ![]() | Tekun Indiya |
Bature na farko da ya ga kogin shi ne Vasco da Gama, wanda ya toshe bakinsa a shekara ta 1498 kuma ya ba shi suna Espirito Santo River. St Vincent Whitshed Erskine ne ya binciko ƙarancin tafarkinsa a 1868-69, kuma Kyaftin J F Elton ya yi tafiyarsa ta tsakiya a 1870.
Yankin magudanan ruwa na Kogin Limpopo ya ragu akan lokacin ilimin ƙasa. Har zuwa Late Pliocene ko Pleistocene, babban kogin Zambezi ya malale zuwa Kogin Limpopo.[3] Canjin rabe-raben magudanan ruwa sakamakon motsawar ruwa ne wanda ya daukaka saman arewacin kogin Limpopo na yanzu, yana karkatar da ruwa zuwa Kogin Zambezi.[4]