Limpopo << lihm POH poh >> River is an important river that flows for about 1,000 miles (1,600 kilometers) in southeastern Africa. The Limpopo rises in the highlands and separates the South African province of Limpopo from Botswana and Zimbabwe before it crosses Mozambique to the Indian Ocean. The English author Rudyard Kipling described the river in his story, “The Elephant’s Child,” as “the great gray-green greasy Limpopo.” It is also called the Crocodile River. Its last 60 miles (97 kilometers) are tidewater. Above this point, the river varies between a trickle in the dry season and a flood in the wet season. The Lepelle River is the Limpopo’s main tributary.
See also Great Limpopo Transfrontier Park.
