Urema Valley
The Urema Valley, also known as the Urema Graben, is a lowland valley in Sofala Province of central Mozambique.
The Urema Valley extends from the
The Urema Valley is the southernmost portion of the East African Rift, a continuation of the southern rift segment contains the Shire River valley and Lake Malawi.[2]
Much of the valley floor is covered with seasonal wetlands, which are filled during the rainy season by rivers flowing off the Barue Plateau. The northern end of the graben is drained by the Zangue River, which flows north to join the Zambezi. The Urema River flows south into the lower Pungwe, and forms a large but shallow seasonal lake called Lake Urema. Gorongosa National Park occupies the central portion of the Graben, including Lake Urema.
The southernmost portion of the valley is occupied by the large estuary of the Pungwe and Buzi rivers, with extensive mangrove swamps. The port of Beira lies on the eastern shore of the estuary where it meets Sofala Bay.
In addition to the seasonally-flooded grasslands, the valley floor is occupied by warm and dry
References
- ^ Vijoen, Richard (2016). Africa’s Top Geological Sites. Penguin Random House South Africa, Sep 1, 2016.
- ^ Vijoen, Richard (2016). Africa’s Top Geological Sites". Penguin Random House South Africa, Sep 1, 2016.
- ^ Burgess, Neil, Jennifer D’Amico Hales, Emma Underwood (2004). Terrestrial Ecoregions of Africa and Madagascar: A Conservation Assessment. Island Press, Washington DC.