Quando [2] [3] [4] [5] , in the middle reaches - Chobe [6] [3] [4] [5] , in the lower - Linyanti [6] [4] - a river in South-West Africa . The right tributary of the Zambezi River . The length of the river is about 800 km [7] .
| Quando | |
|---|---|
| port. Rio cuando | |
| Characteristic | |
| Length | 800 km |
| Watercourse | |
| Source | |
| • Coordinates | |
| Mouth | Zambezi |
| • Coordinates | |
| Location | |
| Water system | Zambezi → Indian Ocean |
| Country |
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The origins of Quando are on the Bie plateau in Angola near the village of Macai [2] .
The river flows through Angola , along the eastern part of the province of Gwando-Kubango, then through Namibia and Botswana. In the middle course (about 225 km) it is a border river between Angola and Zambia [8] .
Notes
- ↑ https://www.britannica.com/place/Kwando-River
- ↑ 1 2 Map sheet D-34-VIII (Yu.P.) .
- ↑ 1 2 Quando // Dictionary of geographical names of foreign countries / ed. ed. A.M. Komkov . - 3rd ed., Revised. and add. - M .: Nedra , 1986. - S. 157.
- ↑ 1 2 3 Geographic Encyclopedic Dictionary: Geographic Names / Ed. A.F. Treshnikov . - 2nd ed., Ext. - M .: Soviet Encyclopedia , 1989. - S. 227. - 210 000 copies. - ISBN 5-85270-057-6 .
- ↑ 1 2 ZAMBEZI // Big Russian Encyclopedia. Electronic version (2016); Date of appeal: 01/07/2019
- ↑ 1 2 Map sheet E-35-A (Yu.P.) .
- ↑ Quando // Great Soviet Encyclopedia : [in 30 vol.] / Ch. ed. A.M. Prokhorov . - 3rd ed. - M .: Soviet Encyclopedia, 1969-1978.
- ↑ Kwando River . global.britannica.com. Date of treatment December 17, 2013.