Zambezi (disambiguation)

The Zambezi (sometimes spelt Zambesi) is the fourth largest river in Africa, and the largest to flow into the Indian Ocean. Zambezi or Zambesi may also refer to;

In geography

• Zambezi, Zambia, a town in the North-Western Province of Zambia
• Zambezi Escarpment, a name used for the escarpments forming both sides of the rift valley in which lie the middle Zambezi River and Lake Kariba
• Lower Zambezi National Park, which lies on the north bank of the Zambezi River in south eastern Zambia
• Zambezi District, a district of Zambia, located in North-Western Province
• Barotse Floodplain, also known as the Zambezi Floodplain, a wetland on the Zambezi River
• Kavango–Zambezi Transfrontier Conservation Area, a conservation area in southern Africa which includes the Upper Zambezi basin
• Matabeleland Zambezi Water Project (MZWP) a project being undertaken in the arid Matabeleland North province of Zimbabwe
• Zambezi Zinger, a rollercoaster which was based at Worlds of Fun, an amusement park in Kansas City, Missouri, United States

In transport

• Air Zambezi, an airline in Zimbabwe
• Zambezi Airlines, a privately owned airline based in Lusaka, Zambia
• Mulobezi Railway (once known as the Zambezi Sawmills Railway) was constructed to carry timber from Mulobezi to Livingstone in the Southern Province of Zambia, when the country was Northern Rhodesia

In wildlife

• Bull shark, also known as the Zambezi shark, a shark common to warm, shallow waters
• Upper Zambezi labeo, a fish of the genus Labeo
• Zambezi flapshell turtle, a species of softshell turtle in the Trionychidae family
• Zambezi indigobird, also known as the twinspot indigobird or green indigobird, is a species of bird in the Viduidae family
• Zambezi yellowfish, a fish found in the Zambezi River and common to southern Africa

In racing

• Zambezi Sun, a Thoroughbred racehorse who competes in France

In music

• O Zambezi, the fifth album by New Zealand / Australian rock band Dragon
• "Zambezi", a song composed by Nico Carstens which became a world hit and was recorded by artists such as Eddie Calvert, Acker Bilk, Bert Kaempfert, The Shadows, James Last, Chet Atkins, Floyd Kramer, Johnny Dankworth and The Piranhas

In electronics

• Zambezi, the code name of an AMD microprocessor architecture for the desktop market

In media

• Zambezi FM Radio is a commercial radio station located in the tourist capital of Zambia Livingstone

Other uses

• Zambezi is Zimbabwe's national beer, see beer in Africa
• Zambezi is the name of a fictional country in the 1991 comedy film King Ralph