Shashe River
| Shashe River | |
|---|---|
Shashe River at Shashi Irrigation Scheme, Zimbabwe | |
| Location | |
| Country | Botswana, Zimbabwe |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | |
| • location | northwest of Francistown, Botswana |
| Mouth | |
• location | Limpopo River |
| Discharge | |
| • average | 462 million cubic metres per year (14.6 m3/s; 517 cu ft/s) |
| Basin features | |
| Tributaries | |
| • left | Tati River, Ramokgwebana River, Thuli |
Location of the mouth of the Shashe River on the Limpopo River 22°11′17″S 29°21′17″E / 22.187961°S 29.354769°E
The Shashe River (or Shashi River) is a major left-bank tributary of the Limpopo River in Zimbabwe. It rises northwest of Francistown, Botswana and flows into the Limpopo River where Botswana, Zimbabwe and South Africa meet. The confluence is at the site of the Greater Mapungubwe Transfrontier Conservation Area.