Zambezi River
  • 1. Where is the Zambezi River located?
A) Europe
B) Africa
C) Asia
D) South America
  • 2. Which of the following countries does the Zambezi River flow through?
A) Canada
B) Russia
C) Zambia
D) Australia
  • 3. Which iconic waterfall is located on the Zambezi River?
A) Angel Falls
B) Victoria Falls
C) Iguazu Falls
D) Niagara Falls
  • 4. Which ocean does the Zambezi River ultimately flow into?
A) Pacific Ocean
B) Indian Ocean
C) Atlantic Ocean
D) Arctic Ocean
  • 5. Who is credited with being the first European to see the Zambezi River?
A) Marco Polo
B) Christopher Columbus
C) David Livingstone
D) Vasco da Gama
  • 6. Which dam on the Zambezi River is one of the largest in Africa?
A) Itaipu Dam
B) Hoover Dam
C) Three Gorges Dam
D) Kariba Dam
  • 7. What economic activity is supported by the Zambezi River for local communities?
A) Agriculture
B) Textile manufacturing
C) Diamond mining
D) Oil drilling
  • 8. What is the primary cause of biodiversity loss in the Zambezi River basin?
A) Volcanic eruptions
B) Zombie outbreak
C) Alien invasion
D) Deforestation
  • 9. What is the fourth-longest river in Africa?
A) The Nile
B) The Zambezi
C) The Niger
D) The Congo
  • 10. Where is Victoria Falls located on the Zambezi River?
A) Most noted feature of the river
B) Source of the river
C) End point of the river
D) A small tributary
  • 11. What is the approximate length of the Zambezi River?
A) 4,000 km (2,485 mi)
B) 2,574 km (1,599 mi)
C) 5,500 km (3,418 mi)
D) 3,400 km (2,113 mi)
  • 12. What is the approximate area of the Zambezi's drainage basin?
A) 4,800,000 km² (1,855,000 mi²)
B) 2,300,000 km² (890,000 mi²)
C) 1,390,000 km² (540,000 mi²)
D) 3,500,000 km² (1,350,000 mi²)
  • 13. What type of forest does the Zambezi flow through in Angola?
A) Miombo woodland
B) Evergreen rainforest
C) Cryptosepalum dry forest
D) Western Zambezian grasslands
  • 14. What is the approximate elevation drop from the source to Chavuma Falls?
A) 600 m (2,000 ft)
B) 200 m (660 ft)
C) 800 m (2,625 ft)
D) 400 m (1,300 ft)
  • 15. Which river joins the Zambezi at Lealui?
A) Lungwebungu River
B) Luena/Luampa system
C) Kabompo River
D) Luanginga River
  • 16. What is the name of the festival celebrated by the Lozi people?
A) Chavuma Festival
B) Victoria Falls Celebration
C) Barotse Floodplain Fest
D) Kuomboka
  • 17. What type of plateau is drained by the Zambezi?
A) Flat desert plateau
B) Broken-edged plateau 900–1,200 m high
C) Lowland coastal plateau
D) High mountainous plateau
  • 18. Which river system does the Zambezi not connect with?
A) Zaire River
B) Lualaba (Congo River)
C) Okavango River
D) Nile River
  • 19. What is the approximate width of the Zambezi during the rainy season at its entry into Zambia?
A) 600 m (2,000 ft)
B) Nearly 400 m (1,300 ft)
C) 800 m (2,625 ft)
D) 200 m (660 ft)
  • 20. What is described as one of the world's most spectacular whitewater trips?
A) Cahora Bassa Dam
B) Lupata Gorge
C) The Batoka Gorge
D) Lake Kariba
  • 21. Where does the middle Zambezi end?
A) Victoria Falls
B) Lake Cahora Bassa
C) Indian Ocean
D) Lupata Gorge
  • 22. What was Lake Cahora Bassa formerly known for before the dam's construction?
A) Dangerous rapids called Kebrabassa
B) A fishing hotspot
C) A bird sanctuary
D) A scenic waterfall
  • 23. What is the name of the distributary used for navigation as it approaches the Indian Ocean?
A) Luabo
B) Chinde mouth
C) Kongone
D) Timbwe
  • 24. What happens to the Zambezi River as it nears the Indian Ocean?
A) It forms a large lake
B) It narrows into a single stream
C) It splits up into a delta
D) It becomes impassable due to rapids
  • 25. What is the name of the river that receives overflow from the Zambezi during the rainy season?
A) Kafue River
B) Quelimane
C) Luangwa River
D) Shire River
  • 26. Which two rivers are the largest left-hand tributaries of the Zambezi?
A) Chinde and Kongone
B) Shire and Quelimane
C) Lupata and Batoka
D) Luangwa and Kafue
  • 27. What year was Lake Kariba created?
A) 1959
B) 1965
C) 1980
D) 1974
  • 28. Which bridge was bombed during Angola's civil war and not yet reconstructed?
A) Kazungula Bridge
B) Victoria Falls Bridge
C) Cazombo road bridge
D) Sioma Bridge
  • 29. Who accompanied David Livingstone during his 1858-60 exploration?
A) Serpa Pinto
B) John Kirk
C) Major A. St Hill Gibbons
D) António da Silva Porto
  • 30. What type of nets did Namibian officials ban to protect fish stocks?
A) Trawl nets
B) Monofilament nets
C) Gill nets
D) Cast nets
  • 31. What percentage of the population in the Zambezi River Valley is dependent on agriculture?
A) 60%
B) 70%
C) 50%
D) 80%
  • 32. What type of service operated on the Zambezi River between the Katombora Rapids and upstream from Katima Mulilo in the 1930s and 40s?
A) Paddle-barge service
B) Steamboat service
C) Ferry service
D) Cargo ship service
  • 33. What is the mean annual rainfall range in the north of the Zambezi basin?
A) 1100 to 1400 mm
B) 2000 to 2300 mm
C) 700 to 900 mm
D) 1500 to 1700 mm
  • 34. What is a significant activity on some parts of the Zambezi River besides game fishing?
A) Tourism
B) Hydroelectric power generation
C) Fishing for food
D) Coal mining
  • 35. Which bridge connects Zambia and Botswana?
A) Sioma Bridge
B) Lubosi Imwiko II Bridge
C) Victoria Falls Bridge
D) Kazungula Bridge
  • 36. Which bridge opened in 2009 over the Zambezi River?
A) Kazungula Bridge
B) Caia Bridge
C) Victoria Falls Bridge
D) Sioma Bridge
  • 37. Which carnivore is NOT found in the Zambezi Delta?
A) Leopard
B) Spotted hyena
C) Cheetah
D) Lion
  • 38. Which town is located in Namibia along the Zambezi River?
A) Victoria Falls
B) Songo
C) Livingstone
D) Katima Mulilo
  • 39. Which hill did Frederick Stanley Arnot consider suitable for a mission?
A) Kalene Hill
B) Mount Kilimanjaro
C) Drakensberg Mountains
D) Victoria Peak
  • 40. Which bird is a migratory species found in the Zambezi Delta?
A) Waterbuck
B) Buffalo
C) Eland
D) Saddle-billed stork
  • 41. Who was the first European to visit the inland Zambezi River?
A) Serpa Pinto
B) António Fernandes
C) David Livingstone
D) Frederick Stanley Arnot
  • 42. During which months does the rainy season occur in the Zambezi basin?
A) April to September
B) December to May
C) October to March
D) June to November
  • 43. Who was the first European to come across the Zambezi River?
A) John Cabot exploring North America
B) Ferdinand Magellan on his circumnavigation journey
C) Vasco da Gama in January 1498
D) Christopher Columbus during his voyage to India
  • 44. Which chronicler noted that the Cuama River was called Zembere by the inland people of Monomatapa?
A) Portuguese chronicler João de Barros in 1552
B) Vasco da Gama during his exploration
C) David Livingstone on his African expeditions
D) Fernão Mendes Pinto, a Portuguese explorer
  • 45. Which country does the Zambezi enter after the confluence with the Luangwa River?
A) Mozambique
B) Zambia
C) Zimbabwe
D) Malawi
  • 46. Which national park is located in Zambia and borders the Zambezi River?
A) Mosi-oa-Tunya National Park
B) Mana Pools National Park
C) Matusadona National Park
D) Okavango Delta National Park
  • 47. What is a major cause of water pollution in the Zambezi River?
A) Oil spills
B) Sewage effluent from inadequate water-treatment facilities
C) Industrial waste discharge
D) Agricultural runoff
  • 48. When was the Victoria Falls Bridge completed?
A) 2016
B) April 1905
C) 1939
D) 2004
  • 49. Who led expeditions to continue exploration in the upper basin and central course of the Zambezi?
A) David Livingstone
B) Major A. St Hill Gibbons
C) Frederick Stanley Arnot
D) António Fernandes
  • 50. What was the record flood discharge of the Zambezi River at its delta in 1958?
A) 1,000 m3 per second
B) 6,700 m3 per second
C) 500 m3 per second
D) 22,500 m3 per second
  • 51. How many visitors did Victoria Falls receive in 2015?
A) 200,000
B) 50,000
C) 100,000
D) 141,929
  • 52. In which year was the Chinde channel north of the Zambezi's main mouths seen?
A) 1878
B) 1889
C) 1895
D) 1900
  • 53. Which of the following fish species is endemic to the Zambezi River?
A) Trout
B) Tuna
C) Cichlids
D) Salmon
  • 54. Which ecoregion does the Zambezi Delta belong to?
A) Zambezian coastal flooded savanna
B) Congo Basin rainforests
C) Mozambique's dry forests
D) Savanna grasslands of East Africa
  • 55. Which national park in Zimbabwe is located along the Zambezi River?
A) Lower Zambezi National Park
B) Mana Pools National Park
C) Ngonye Falls National Park
D) Matusadona National Park
  • 56. What is a common method for crossing the Zambezi River in Angola, western Zambia, and Mozambique?
A) Small ferries
B) Suspension bridges
C) Railway lines
D) Road tunnels
  • 57. What type of shark is sometimes known as the Zambezi shark?
A) Hammerhead shark
B) Great white shark
C) Tiger shark
D) Bull shark
  • 58. What type of vegetation fringes the shoreline of the Zambezi Delta?
A) Grasslands
B) Swamp forests
C) Mangroves
D) Savannas
  • 59. Which large mammal is still found in the Zambezi Delta despite population reductions?
A) Waterbuck
B) Cattle
C) Eland
D) Buffalo
  • 60. Which activity is significant between Mongu and Livingstone along the Zambezi River?
A) Game fishing
B) Coal mining
C) Hydroelectric power generation
D) Tourism
  • 61. Which town is located in Mozambique along the Zambezi River?
A) Katima Mulilo
B) Livingstone
C) Cazombo
D) Songo
  • 62. Which animal is abundant along most of the calm stretches of the Zambezi River?
A) Lions
B) Leopards
C) Giraffes
D) Hippopotamuses
  • 63. Which large animal is supported by the riverine woodland along the Zambezi?
A) Penguins
B) Polar bears
C) Elephants
D) Kangaroos
  • 64. What type of lodges cater to tourists who want to fish for exotic species on the Zambezi River?
A) Safari lodges
B) Camping sites
C) Resort hotels
D) Eco-lodges
  • 65. What type of bridge is the Chinyingi suspension footbridge?
A) Cargo transport bridge
B) Railway bridge
C) Road bridge
D) Footbridge built as a community project
  • 66. What is the mean monthly maximum discharge at the Zambezi delta in April?
A) 3,900 m3 per second
B) 6,700 m3 per second
C) 22,500 m3 per second
D) 1,000 m3 per second
  • 67. Which Bantu-speaking people are likely candidates for naming the Zambezi?
A) The Maasai people
B) The M'biza, or Bisa people
C) The Zulu people
D) The Kikuyu people
  • 68. What type of snake is endemic to the Pungwe area in the Zambezi Delta?
A) Nile monitor lizard
B) Pungwe worm snake
C) Floodplain water snake
D) Swamp viper
  • 69. Which tributary did Livingstone trace during his 1858-60 exploration?
A) Congo
B) Zambezi
C) Kongone
D) Shire
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