Kariba Gorge

gorge, Africa

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Zambezi River basin

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    In Africa: Zambezi basin

    …through a broad valley, enters Kariba Gorge, which is more than 16 miles in length and is cut through paragneiss (a gneiss, or coarse-grained rock, in which bands rich in granular minerals alternate with bands containing schistose minerals, formed out of sedimentary rock). The Kafue and the Luangwa, the two…

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