Sanyati (river)
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Sanyati Munyati |
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 The catchment area of the Sanyati |
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| Data | ||
| location |
 Zimbabwe
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| River system | Zambezi | |
| Drain over | Zambezi → Strait of Mozambique | |
| source | About 30 km north of Chivhu 18 ° 36 ′ 42 ″ S , 28 ° 45 ′ 31 ″ E |
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| Source height | 1420 m | |
| muzzle | in the Kariba reservoir Coordinates: 16 ° 49 ′ 7 ″ S , 28 ° 45 ′ 30 ″ E 16 ° 49 ′ 7 ″ S , 28 ° 45 ′ 30 ″ E |
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| Mouth height | 488 m | |
| Height difference | 932 m | |
| Bottom slope | about 1.9 ‰ | |
| length | about 500 km | |
| Catchment area | 43,500 km² | |
| Outflow A Eo : 43,500 km² at the mouth |
MQ Mq |
107 m³ / s 2.5 l / (s km²) |
| Discharge at gauge C8 - confluence Munyati and Sebakwe A Eo : 5890 km² |
MNQ MQ Mq MHQ |
0 l / s 11.3 m³ / s 1.9 l / (s km²) 48 m³ / s |
| Left tributaries | Sebakwe | |
| Right tributaries | Mupfure , Umsweswe | |
| Reservoirs flowed through | Kudu Dam Reservoir, Ngezi Reservoir | |
The Sanyati , in the upper reaches of Munyati , is a river in Zimbabwe .
course
It rises in East Machonaland near the border with West Machonaland , about 30 km north of Chivhu . It first flows west through the Ngezi Recreational Park, which is built around the Ngezi reservoir.
About halfway along the way, it turns north. It flows past the village of Sanyati before taking up the Mupfure . In its lower reaches the right bank is a safari area . There the river forms the eastern border to the Matusadona National Park and finally flows into the Kariba Dam at the state border with Zambia .
Above Gokwe , the Sanyati is used to irrigate cotton fields.
Hydrology
The flow rate of the river was measured in about half of the catchment area in m³ / s.
