Runde River

The Runde River (formerly Lundi River) is a river in southeastern Zimbabwe. It is a tributary of the Save River and its major tributaries include the Ngezi River, Tokwe River, Mutirikwe River and Chiredzi River.[1]

The Save River basin with the Runde (left bottom)

Characteristics and geography

The lower Runde River is an ephemeral sand river system, with permanent pools forming during the dry season.[2] The river has generally low levels of pollution.[3] The floodplain at the confluence with the Save River is an important wetland.[1]

See also

References
  1. Matiza, T.; Crafter, S. A., eds. (1994). "Wetlands in Zimbabwe: an overview". Wetlands ecology and priorities for conservation in Zimbabwe: proceedings of a seminar on wetlands ecology and priorities for conservation in Zimbabwe. IUCN. pp. 1–20. ISBN 978-2-8317-0202-5.
  2. Barson, Maxwell; Rodney Bray; Frans Ollevier; Tine Huyse (2008). "Taxonomy and faunistics of the Helminth parasites of Clarias gariepinus (Burchell, 1822), and Oreochromis mossambicus (Peters, 1852) from temporary pans and pools in the Save-Runde River Floodplain, Zimbabwe". Comparative Parasitology. 75: 228–240. doi:10.1654/4337.1.
  3. Tafangenyasha, Clifford; Lawrence T. Dube (2008). "An Investigation of the Impacts of Agricultural Runoff on the Water Quality and Aquatic Organisms in a Lowveld Sand River System in Southeast Zimbabwe". Water Resources Management. 22: 119–130. doi:10.1007/s11269-006-9147-7.

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