Mpopoma (Kame)

For the river in Matobo National Park, see Mpopoma (Ove).
Mpopoma
River
Country Zimbabwe
Region Matabeleland
Mouth
 - coordinates ZW 20°01′47″S 28°22′41″E / 20.02972°S 28.37806°E / -20.02972; 28.37806Coordinates: ZW 20°01′47″S 28°22′41″E / 20.02972°S 28.37806°E / -20.02972; 28.37806 [1]

The Mpopoma is a seasonal river in western Zimbabwe,[2] a tributary of the Kame (Khami River).[3]

The Mpopoma flows through the city of Bulawayo and has been noted for waste-oil pollution there.[4]

Notes

  1. "Mpopoma: Zimbabwe". Geographical Names (ITA).
  2. Mpopoma (Approved) at GEOnet Names Server, United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
  3. Gibbs, Susan (2011). Call of the Litany Bird. Chipping Camden, England: Loose Chippings. p. 211. ISBN 978-1-907991-00-4.
  4. Chiwota, Patrice and Hauge, Arild (1996). "Industry and the Environment in a Reformed Marketplace". In Lopes, Carlos. Balancing Rocks: Environment and Development in Zimbabwe. Uppsala, Sweden: Nordiska Afrikainstitutet. p. 123. ISBN 978-1-77905-044-1.


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