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fiogf49gjkf0d ZIMBABWE IS SITUATED IN SOUTH CENTRAL AFRICA, BOUNDED BY
ZAMBIA, MOZAMBIQUE, SOUTH AFRICA, AND BOTSWANA. IT IS A
LAND OF RUGGED MOUNTAINS, OPEN SAVANNAH'S AND DENSE BUSH,
COVERING AN AREA OF 390,245 SQ.KM. ZIMBABWE IS BORDERED TO
THE NORTH AND SOUTH BY TWO OF THE LARGEST RIVERS IN AFRICA-
THE MIGHTY ZAMBEZI AND THE LIMPOPO.
ON THE ZAMBEZI IS THE VICTORIA FALLS - ONE OF THE MOST
SPECTACULAR AND BEAUTIFUL SIGHTS OF THE NATURAL WORLD.
BIG GAME PARKS SUCH AS HWANGE AND MANA POOLS AS WELL AS THE
BEAUTIFUL SURROUNDINGS OF LAKE KARIBA ARE FAMOUS THROUGHOUT
AFRICA.
A DOMINANT FEATURE OF ZIMBABWE'S LANDSCAPE IS THE
HIGHVELD, A BROAD RIDGE 1,200 - 1,500M ABOVE SEA LEVEL
WHICH COVERS A 4TH OF THE COUNTRY. IT BEGINS IN THE
SOUTHWEST AND RUNS THE LENGTH OF THE COUNTRY INTO THE
INYANGA MOUNTAINS IN THE NORTHWEST CONTAINING THE COUNTRY'S
HIGHEST PEAK, INYANGANI 2,592M.
TO THE SOUTH AND NORTH SIDES OF THE HIGHVELD RIDGE LIES THE
MIDLEVEL, A WIDE PLATEAU WHICH ACCOUNTS FOR TWO-FIFTHS OF
ZIMBABWE'S TERRITORY. FARTHER NORTHWEST AND SOUTHEAST
LIES THE LOWVELD, A THIRD OF THE COUNTRY.
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