Cabora Bassa

/ kəˈbɔːrə ˈbæsə /

noun

the site on the Zambezi River in N Mozambique of the largest dam in southern Africa

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“Lake Cabora Bassa. The Musengezi used to flow into the Zambezi River until the Portuguese dammed it up. Now the Zambezi’s become a huge lake. You can’t even see across it.”

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She had heard many tales about Lake Cabora Bassa.

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Lake Cabora Bassa was so huge, it could contain a place this large and still give no hint of where the shore might be.

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Who had protected her on Lake Cabora Bassa?

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You couldn’t see across Cabora Bassa.

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