Motlouce is a drying river in Botswana , a tributary of Limpopo . The catchment area is 19,053 km² [1] .
| Motlowe | |
|---|---|
| Characteristic | |
| Pool | 19,053 km² |
| Watercourse | |
| Source | |
| • Coordinates | |
| Mouth | Limpopo |
| • Coordinates | |
| Location | |
| Water system | Limpopo → Indian Ocean |
| A country |
|
| Region | Central District |
 - source  - mouth | |
Content
Tributaries
The main tributaries are the Tuni River [2] (pr), Motsematlkhokchi, Lepkhokwe [3] , Sampovane (lv), Letlhakan, Sedibe (pr), Itsokwane (pr), Cesve (lv) [4] .
Settlements
On the river are the city of Celebi-Phikwe and the villages of Bobonong, Mmadinar and Toban [5] .
Usage
Letsibogo reservoir with a volume of 0.125 km³ was built on the river [5] .
Gold Mining
Around the 1200s e., during the days of Greater Zimbabwe , gold mining was carried out along Motlouc, resumed in 1860 near Francistown [6] .
Diamond Mining
The first diamonds discovered in Botswana were three small stones discovered in 1959 by the Central African Selection Fund on the banks of the Motlouce River. The group that discovered the diamonds explored the river up to its headwaters, but did not find a likely source of stones. In 2004, geologist Leon Daniels discovered a crustal deformation extending from Bulawayo in Zimbabwe to southern Botswana. He suggested that before the formation of the deformation, the Motlouce river could begin much westward. In the end, he found a huge diamond deposit [7] .
Notes
- ↑ Water resources . Drought impact mitigation and prevention in the Limpopo River Basin. Rome 2004
- ↑ Map sheet F-35-XXIII (Yu.P.) .
- ↑ Map sheet F-35-XVII (Yu.P.) .
- ↑ Map sheet F-35-XVI (Yu.P.) .
- ↑ 1 2 De Wit, PV, Cavaliere-Parzaneze, A. Soils and land suitability of the Motloutse area between Mmadinare and Bobonong . FAO / UNDP / Government of Botswana. Soil Mapping and Advisory Services Project AG: BOT / 85/011, Field Document 6. 104 pp, 2 maps. Gaborone, 1990.
- ↑ Denbow, James Raymond; Thebe, Phenyo C. Culture And Customs of Botswana. Greenwood Publishing Group. 2006.
- ↑ Daniels , Dr Leon . First diamonds in Botswana (unknown) // Rough Diamond Review. - 2004 .-- September.