Zambezi Basin

The Zambezi Watercourse Commission (ZAMCOM) has been in existence since 2004 with the aim of strengthening cooperation in sharing its resources concerned.

[2] Another supranational initiative for watershed management is Zambezi River System Action Plan (ZACPLAN).

The drainage area of the basin covers Angola, Botswana, Tanzania, Namibia, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Malawi and Mozambique,[3] being the main supplier of fresh water, electricity and fish to the populations of these regions, mainly from the last five nations.

The basin is home to immense wet plains, being responsible for the climatic regulation of a rich ecosystem of savannas and humid forests that surround it.

There are also navigable courses in the Cahora Bassa and Kariba lakes, and in the plains of the Mana Pools, Caprivi Strip, Liuwa-Luena-Baroste-Siloana, Shire, Luangwa and Lake Nyassa,[4] the latter three of which are navigable within two its thirteen sub-basins.