https://padlet.com/vanesa_romero/8ouj7ucgv31o en-us 2018-04-23 04:32:42 UTC 2018-04-24 06:06:25 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Apple.png vanesa_romero https://padlet.com/vanesa_romero/8ouj7ucgv31o/wish/254240072 The River flows eastward for about 2,200 miles from the Central African Plateau to empty into the Indian Ocean. ]]> 2018-04-23 04:35:48 UTC https://padlet.com/vanesa_romero/8ouj7ucgv31o/wish/254240072 vanesa_romero https://padlet.com/vanesa_romero/8ouj7ucgv31o/wish/254240872 Dry season in the Zambezi River is "suicide season" like the guy in the video illustrates it with the water dry-age. You have to compete with other animals for the food, and go to the extremes to get water out of where you can. ]]> 2018-04-23 04:42:29 UTC https://padlet.com/vanesa_romero/8ouj7ucgv31o/wish/254240872 vanesa_romero https://padlet.com/vanesa_romero/8ouj7ucgv31o/wish/254241166 The river is 2,200 miles long, it is the longest eat flowing river in Africa. In this picture you can see illustrated how the river has various of entrances and deposits in one place.


]]> 2018-04-23 04:45:51 UTC https://padlet.com/vanesa_romero/8ouj7ucgv31o/wish/254241166 vanesa_romero https://padlet.com/vanesa_romero/8ouj7ucgv31o/wish/254677157 It is the fourth longest river in Africa, the longest east-flowing into the Indian Ocean from Africa.
The area of the basin is 1,390,000 square kilometers
It rises in Zambia and flows through eastern Angola, it comes together in Zambia and Simbabwe to Mozambique where then it empties into the Indian Ocean

]]> 2018-04-24 04:25:38 UTC https://padlet.com/vanesa_romero/8ouj7ucgv31o/wish/254677157 vanesa_romero https://padlet.com/vanesa_romero/8ouj7ucgv31o/wish/254678023 Although the Zambezi river is rich in water and other natural resources, there are various threats to the sustainable use of the resources. The major threats are climate change, poverty, floods and droughts, water pollution, and deforestation. ]]> 2018-04-24 04:31:56 UTC https://padlet.com/vanesa_romero/8ouj7ucgv31o/wish/254678023 vanesa_romero https://padlet.com/vanesa_romero/8ouj7ucgv31o/wish/254678349 The Zambezi river receives about 960 mm of rainfall per year which is mostly concentrates in the wet season. ]]> 2018-04-24 04:34:07 UTC https://padlet.com/vanesa_romero/8ouj7ucgv31o/wish/254678349 vanesa_romero https://padlet.com/vanesa_romero/8ouj7ucgv31o/wish/254678646 Projections to changes in the rainfall on the Zambezi river include regional changes in surface-air temperature and precipitation, in response to unconstrained emissions as well as a climate mitigation policy. ]]> 2018-04-24 04:36:32 UTC https://padlet.com/vanesa_romero/8ouj7ucgv31o/wish/254678646 vanesa_romero https://padlet.com/vanesa_romero/8ouj7ucgv31o/wish/254679070 There is a vast amount of people depending on the Zambezi river, the river cuts through natural wild life conservation. When fully functional the River contains over 70 percent of the wild life of Africa. This wild life means food for many people in Africa. ]]> 2018-04-24 04:40:29 UTC https://padlet.com/vanesa_romero/8ouj7ucgv31o/wish/254679070 vanesa_romero https://padlet.com/vanesa_romero/8ouj7ucgv31o/wish/254679476 The Zambezi river is widely used by wildlife and humans alike. Hippos, crocodiles, baboons, elephants, hyenas and lions are just examples of wildlife you might find along the Zambezi River. Humans use the river for transportation, irrigation, tourism and hydropower. The Zambezi river has various of dams that allow for hydropower supply for the population. One of the threats of the water security is climate change is forecasted to reduce water availability, through evaporation and reducing rainfall by up to 30% in the next 30 years. ]]> 2018-04-24 04:43:41 UTC https://padlet.com/vanesa_romero/8ouj7ucgv31o/wish/254679476 vanesa_romero https://padlet.com/vanesa_romero/8ouj7ucgv31o/wish/254680163 The Zambezi River is the river of life, it drains seven countries and supports millions of people who make use of its rich fisheries, forests, water, and rich floodplain soils. The land is mostly rural with lots of agriculture and farming. ]]> 2018-04-24 04:48:42 UTC https://padlet.com/vanesa_romero/8ouj7ucgv31o/wish/254680163 vanesa_romero https://padlet.com/vanesa_romero/8ouj7ucgv31o/wish/254680608 The Zambezi river is one of the most heavily dammed rivers in Africa.
It has 30 large storage reservoirs holding back its flow.
Four of the worlds largest hydroelectric dams Kariba, Itezhi-Tezhi, Kafue and Cahora Bassa. 
These four large dams have stopped most of the rivers annual floods with their huge reservoirs. ]]> 2018-04-24 04:51:58 UTC https://padlet.com/vanesa_romero/8ouj7ucgv31o/wish/254680608 vanesa_romero https://padlet.com/vanesa_romero/8ouj7ucgv31o/wish/254680996 The changes to the river have brought great hardships to the people and wildlife of the Zambezi basin especially in the lower Zambezi valley of Mozambique. 
For 25 years mast flooding below Cahora Bassa Dam has affected the living standards of hundreds of thousands of downstream households. ]]> 2018-04-24 04:54:23 UTC https://padlet.com/vanesa_romero/8ouj7ucgv31o/wish/254680996 vanesa_romero https://padlet.com/vanesa_romero/8ouj7ucgv31o/wish/254681282 How do they plan on fixing this issue regarding the Cahora Bassa Dam? 
Significant work is currently underway to restore the lower Zambezi by improving how water is released from Cahora Bassa. Water release patterns that mimic natural flow will improve the richness of the downstream environment.]]> 2018-04-24 04:56:31 UTC https://padlet.com/vanesa_romero/8ouj7ucgv31o/wish/254681282 vanesa_romero https://padlet.com/vanesa_romero/8ouj7ucgv31o/wish/254681748 There is new dams planned for the river, including the Mphanda Nkuwa just downstream of Cahora Bassa. International Rivers is working with local groups to stop the worst new dams. help restore justice to dam affected communities, find better alternatives to hydropower and press for restoration of the river through better dam management. ]]> 2018-04-24 05:00:12 UTC https://padlet.com/vanesa_romero/8ouj7ucgv31o/wish/254681748 vanesa_romero https://padlet.com/vanesa_romero/8ouj7ucgv31o/wish/254682332 Currently there has not been any political conflicts regarding the Zambezi river, one of the major conflicts tho is helping those areas downstream getting all the flooding from the dams. 
There is no political conflicts because it plays a vital role in stimulating economic opportunities for 250 million people in the region. ]]> 2018-04-24 05:04:22 UTC https://padlet.com/vanesa_romero/8ouj7ucgv31o/wish/254682332 vanesa_romero https://padlet.com/vanesa_romero/8ouj7ucgv31o/wish/254682796 With the growing human population and settlements are disrupting wildlife movement patterns in the Zambezi Landscape. The 40,000 elephants are invading communities land and raiding crops that people depend on for their livelihoods. This tension hurts both people and wildlife, putting elephants in the Zambezi Landscape at great risk for loosing their habitat and being poached. ]]> 2018-04-24 05:08:14 UTC https://padlet.com/vanesa_romero/8ouj7ucgv31o/wish/254682796 vanesa_romero https://padlet.com/vanesa_romero/8ouj7ucgv31o/wish/254683241 Poverty and food insecurities force many people in the Zambezi Landscape to turn to unsustainable activities for income. Farming, charcoal burning, quarry stone crushing, and overfishing all degrade the Zambezi river ecosystem. ]]> 2018-04-24 05:12:37 UTC https://padlet.com/vanesa_romero/8ouj7ucgv31o/wish/254683241 vanesa_romero https://padlet.com/vanesa_romero/8ouj7ucgv31o/wish/254683708 Climate change will affect the Zambezi river because the high temperatures will create the water to evaporate. The Zambezi river is at risk with long term cycles of wet and dry periods over the past century. The runoff is highly sensitive to these variations in climate, because small changes in rainfall produce large changes in runoff. ]]> 2018-04-24 05:17:33 UTC https://padlet.com/vanesa_romero/8ouj7ucgv31o/wish/254683708 vanesa_romero https://padlet.com/vanesa_romero/8ouj7ucgv31o/wish/254684710 In the future the water availability is going to be crucial. Major water shortages in key parts of the Zambezi basin are likely, increasing water demand has a bigger impact on water availability than climate change. ]]> 2018-04-24 05:26:10 UTC https://padlet.com/vanesa_romero/8ouj7ucgv31o/wish/254684710 vanesa_romero https://padlet.com/vanesa_romero/8ouj7ucgv31o/wish/254686036 Hydropower is an important source of low-cost energy and will be locally the most important energy source throughout the next decades. The potential of the Zambezi and tributaries is 100 TWh/year, which may be essentially developed as some 10 large schemes along the Zambezi. ]]> 2018-04-24 05:36:23 UTC https://padlet.com/vanesa_romero/8ouj7ucgv31o/wish/254686036 vanesa_romero https://padlet.com/vanesa_romero/8ouj7ucgv31o/wish/254686332 Dry land agriculture is the predominant source of livelihoods for over 90% of the rural population. ]]> 2018-04-24 05:38:23 UTC https://padlet.com/vanesa_romero/8ouj7ucgv31o/wish/254686332 vanesa_romero https://padlet.com/vanesa_romero/8ouj7ucgv31o/wish/254686361 The regional droughts and food security have a high correlation, the droughts in the area cause the farming to not be as productive and food security to go down putting in danger the people in the area and the animals relying on the plants. ]]> 2018-04-24 05:38:39 UTC https://padlet.com/vanesa_romero/8ouj7ucgv31o/wish/254686361 vanesa_romero https://padlet.com/vanesa_romero/8ouj7ucgv31o/wish/254686405 Only two of the countries participate in the bilateral management of the river, Zambia and Zimbabwe. ]]> 2018-04-24 05:39:02 UTC https://padlet.com/vanesa_romero/8ouj7ucgv31o/wish/254686405 vanesa_romero https://padlet.com/vanesa_romero/8ouj7ucgv31o/wish/254686441 One of the solutions for the future of the Zambezi river would be to include more dams to control the water flow and those affected areas downstream. ]]> 2018-04-24 05:39:21 UTC https://padlet.com/vanesa_romero/8ouj7ucgv31o/wish/254686441 vanesa_romero https://padlet.com/vanesa_romero/8ouj7ucgv31o/wish/254686872 The Zambezi river is key to many people and produces many good things to people and animals in the area but it is in danger not only because of the drought but because of the pollution and over fishing. Over fishing and pollution in the Zambezi causes the ecosystem to be in danger. ]]> 2018-04-24 05:42:34 UTC https://padlet.com/vanesa_romero/8ouj7ucgv31o/wish/254686872