Shire River

E156793

The Shire River is a major river in Malawi that drains Lake Malawi and flows southward into Mozambique, where it joins the Zambezi River.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Shire River canonical 29
Shire River system 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf river ⓘ
basinCountry Malawi ⓘ
Mozambique ⓘ
continent Africa ⓘ
country Malawi ⓘ
Mozambique ⓘ
crossesBorderBetween Malawi and Mozambique ⓘ
directionOfFlow southward ⓘ
drainageBasin Shire River basin ⓘ
drains Lake Malawi ⓘ
elevationAtMouth approximately 14 m ⓘ
elevationAtSource approximately 472 m ⓘ
flowsInto Mozambique ⓘ
flowsOutOf southern end of Lake Malawi ⓘ
flowsThrough Central Malawi ⓘ
Southern Malawi ⓘ
formsPartOf East African Rift system ⓘ
linked to: East African Rift
hasFloodplain Lower Shire Valley ⓘ
hasHydropowerPlant Kapichira Falls power station ⓘ
Nkula Falls power station ⓘ
Tedzani Falls power station ⓘ
hasTributary Lisungwe River ⓘ
Mkulumadzi River ⓘ
linked to: Lisungwe River

Ruo River ⓘ
Wamkulumadzi River ⓘ
hasWetland Elephant Marsh ⓘ
Ndindi Marsh ⓘ
importantFor Malawi national power supply ⓘ
biodiversity conservation ⓘ
regional agriculture ⓘ
languageOfName English ⓘ
length approximately 250 miles ⓘ
approximately 402 km ⓘ
locatedIn Southeastern Africa ⓘ
linked to: southeastern Africa
locatedInProtectedArea Liwonde National Park ⓘ
Majete Wildlife Reserve ⓘ
majorRightTributaryOf Zambezi River ⓘ
mouth Zambezi River ⓘ
partOf Zambezi River basin ⓘ
linked to: Zambezi Basin
passesNear Blantyre ⓘ
Chikwawa ⓘ
Nsanje ⓘ
region Great Rift Valley ⓘ
source Lake Malawi ⓘ
usedFor fishing ⓘ
hydroelectric power generation ⓘ
inland navigation ⓘ
irrigation ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (31)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Zambezi River → hasTributary → Shire River ⓘ
Zambezi Basin → hasMajorTributary → Shire River ⓘ
Lake Malawi → outflow → Shire River ⓘ
Southern Malawi → hasRiver → Shire River ⓘ
Chikwawa → near → Shire River ⓘ
Chikwawa → waterBody → Shire River ⓘ
Ndindi Marsh → locatedAlong → Shire River ⓘ
Majete Wildlife Reserve → hasRiver → Shire River ⓘ
Lower Shire Valley → namedAfter → Shire River ⓘ
Lower Shire Valley → traversedBy → Shire River ⓘ
Nsanje → locatedOnRiver → Shire River ⓘ
Elephant Marsh → locatedOnRiver → Shire River ⓘ
Malawi and Mozambique → sharedRiver → Shire River ⓘ
Shire River basin → drainedBy → Shire River ⓘ
Ruo River → mouthRiver → Shire River ⓘ
Ruo River → tributaryOf → Shire River ⓘ
Ruo River → partOf → Shire River system ⓘ
linked to: Shire River
Ruo River → flowsInto → Shire River ⓘ
Ruo River → isRightTributaryOf → Shire River ⓘ
Lisungwe River → tributaryOf → Shire River ⓘ
Lisungwe River → mouthLocatedIn → Shire River ⓘ
Wamkulumadzi River → tributaryOf → Shire River ⓘ
Wamkulumadzi River → mouthLocatedIn → Shire River ⓘ
Wamkulumadzi River → riverSystem → Shire River system ⓘ
linked to: Shire River