Insiza River

Insiza River
Ekusileni pontoon ferry, on the Insiza River downstream of Filabusi, Zimbabwe
Location
CountryZimbabwe
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • locationFort Rixon, Zimbabwe
Mouth 
 • location
Mzingwane River
Basin size3,401 km2 (1,313 sq mi)[1]
Discharge 
 • average25.9 mm/a (1.02 in/year) unit runoff[2]

The Insiza River is the principal tributary of the Mzingwane River in Zimbabwe.

It rises near Fort Rixon, Insiza District, and flows into the Mzingwane River near West Nicholson.

  1. ^ Kileshye Onema, J.-M. and van Rooyen, A. 2007. Landuse dynamics in a small watershed of the semi-arid Zimbabwe. American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting 2007, abstract #B41B-0460 [1]
  2. ^ Kileshye-Onema,J.-M., Mazvimavi, D., Love, D. and Mul, M.L. 2006. Effects of selected dams on river flows of Insiza River, Zimbabwe . Physics and Chemistry of the Earth, 31, 870-875. [2]