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1024:Geography of Matabeleland South Province
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528:Knight 1990
466:Thuli River
411:(IAMGOLD).
373:Francistown
367:Settlements
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167:Tributaries
100:Francistown
993:Categories
883:Mtetengwe
709:2012-09-18
682:2012-09-22
656:2012-09-21
632:2012-09-18
603:2012-09-21
472:References
401:Shashe Dam
381:Tuli Block
335:irrigation
229:29°21′17″E
226:22°11′17″S
181:Tati River
973:Umchabezi
888:Mzingwane
868:Mutirikwe
843:Mtshelele
838:Mtshabezi
808:Inyankuni
798:Inkankezi
477:Citations
296:ephemeral
290:Hydrology
140:Discharge
943:Shangani
908:Ngondoma
783:Chiredzi
762:Zimbabwe
501:Archived
450:See also
444:Gaborone
440:Moralane
420:Robelela
331:alluvial
327:aquifers
311:Shashani
276:Botswana
268:Zimbabwe
104:Botswana
70:Zimbabwe
66:Botswana
57:Location
50:Zimbabwe
978:Zambezi
958:Tokwane
933:Sebakwe
913:Panhane
873:Mwenezi
863:Mushawe
858:Mupfure
853:Munyati
848:Mucheke
828:Manyame
818:Limpopo
813:Kwe Kwe
585:Sources
307:Simukwe
62:Country
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948:Shashe
938:Sengwa
918:Pungwe
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963:Tokwe
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878:Mwewe
793:Honde
788:Gwayi
778:Bubye
676:(PDF)
669:(PDF)
646:Mmegi
315:Thuli
189:Thuli
115:Mouth
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