Cafe [Kawa] - Cafe

Japanese: カフェ[川] - かふぇ
Cafe [Kawa] - Cafe

…A large river system in southern Africa. The main river is 2,740 km long and has a total drainage area of ​​1.33 million km2, making it the third largest river in Africa after the Congo, the Nile, and the Niger. It originates in the northwestern tip of Zambia, near the border with Angola and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (formerly Zaire), and flows south through western Zambia, collecting many tributaries. It gradually turns east, and at the border with Zimbabwe, it collects water from the largest tributary, the Kafue River, from the northwest. In this border area, Victoria Falls, named by Livingstone in 1855, and the Kariba Dam, completed in 1959, are famous for their power generation and tourism. …

*Some of the terminology that mentions "Cafe [Kawa]" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…南部アフリカの大水系。本流の長さは2740km,全流域面積は133万km2で,アフリカではコンゴ,ナイル,ニジェールに次ぐ。ザンビア北西端,アンゴラ,コンゴ民主共和国(旧,ザイール)との国境付近に発し,多くの支流を集めながら,ザンビア西部をほぼ南に流れる。しだいに東に転じ,ジンバブウェとの国境となる部分では,北西から最大の支流カフエ川などの水を集める。この国境部分では,1855年リビングストンによって命名されたビクトリア滝や1959年に完成したカリバ・ダムが発電と観光で名高い。…

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