Serorome River

Serorome River
Mouth	Limpopo River
Basin countries	Botswana

Location of the mouth of the Metsimotlhabe River on the Limpopo River 23°33′51″S 27°07′50″E / 23.564066°S 27.130639°ECoordinates: 23°33′51″S 27°07′50″E / 23.564066°S 27.130639°E

The Serorome River is a river in the Central District of Botswana, a tributary of the Limpopo River.

Geology

At one time the western Kalahari Region was a large, shallow inland lake, draining into the Limpopo through the Serorome Valley. Later geological upheavals re-oriented the rivers in the region to mainly flow northeast into the Zambezi.^[1] The Serorome valley is the exception, still leading to the Limpopo via a rift fault.^[2]

Climate

Today the river flows through relatively flat, semi-arid country with savannah grasslands, shrubs and trees. The river flows occasionally in the rainy season, which lasts from November to April, and for the remainder of the year it is dry.^[3] It flows below its confluence with the Bonwapitse River due to run off in the Bonwapitse catchment.^[4] David Livingstone visited the region in 1857, and described the Serorome as "... a lovely spot in the otherwise dry region. The wells from which we had to lift out water for our cattle are deep, but they were well filled."^[5]

Economic activity

The North-South Carrier pipeline crosses the Serorome valley, where there is a pumping station at 227 kilometres (141 mi) from the Letsibogo Dam.^[6] The Mmamabula coal field lies to the south of the river.^[7]

References

Citations

1. Burgess.
2. Aqua Tech Groundwater Consultants 1992, p. 2-61.
3. CIC MDA, p. 4.
4. Aqua Tech Groundwater Consultants 1992, p. 2-35.
5. Spinage 2012, p. 219.
6. Bevanger 1994, p. 8.
7. CIC Energy 2010.

Sources

• Bevanger, Kjetil (December 1994). "The North-South Carriér Water Project in Botswana" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-09-21.
• Aqua Tech Groundwater Consultants (May 1992). "CENTRAL DISTRICT PLANNING STUDY - MAIN REPORT = VOLUME 1" (PDF). Ministry of Local Government & Lands Central District. Retrieved 2012-09-21.
• Burgess, Jeremy. "Botswana - The Pasture Resource". FAO. Retrieved 2012-09-21.
• "CIC Energy Corp. MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS For the three and nine months ended August 31, 2006" (PDF). CIC Energy. October 12, 2006. Retrieved 2012-09-21.
• CIC Energy (2010). "Mmamabula Coalfield". Retrieved 2012-09-21.
• Spinage, Clive Alfred (2012-06-28). African Ecology: Benchmarks and Historical Perspectives. Springer. ISBN 978-3-642-22871-1. Retrieved 2012-09-21.