the fences mentioned below in message 8307 continue to come
down as of the present
& indeed they may all have been removed by now
http://allafrica.com/stories/200308280117.html
toward the end of the report
so what are we waiting for
this should be a dilly
our best mzzazw pic link is in message 8129
--- In
BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com, "acroorca2002
<orc@o...>" <orc@o...> wrote:
> the following mzzazw data gleaned from brownlie & ibs 117
118
> & 133 may also help the trypointing game once the fences are
> removed
>
> this tripoint is hard to determine with confidence
>
> but it may lie at the junction of the median lines of the rivers
> limpopo & fafuri
> aka pafuri aka luvuvhurivier
> near beacon xiv of the 1927 portuguese south african survey
> which stands 200m from the bank & 321m from the confluence
> in rather thick scrub & reeds on sandy ground
> at a location which is also under water when the rivers are in
> flood
>
> or else the tripoint lies at the junction of the limpopo thalweg &
> the prolongation of the final straight line segment of the mzzw
> boundary running down thru pillars 2 & 1
> according to a later anglo portuguese treaty & survey
>
> or
> these descriptions could just be 2 different ways of defining the
> same point
> tho not likely
>
> but note also the additional possibly significant difference of
> opinion between thalweg & median line
> which multiplies the possibilities from 1 or 2 to as many as 4
>
> in any case
> there is general agreement that the tripoint is wet & unmarked
> & one source gives the coords as
> slat22d25m25s x elong31d18m27s
>
> --- In BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com, "Doug Murray
> Productions" <doug@d...> wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> > Limpopo Transfrontier Park to become reality
> > December 09, 2002, 06:20 AM
> >
> >
> > The world's largest transfrontier conservation area will
> formally become reality when President Thabo Mbeki, his
> Zimbabwean counterpart Robert Mugabe and Mozambique's
> Joachim Chissano sign the treaty later today.
> >
> > The three leaders will meet in Xai -Xai in northern
> Mozambique to sign the agreement which follows two years of
> intense negotiations.
> >
> > The great Limpopo Transfrontier Park as it will be
> known, will span South Africa's Kruger National Park,
> Zimbabwe's Gonarezhou National Park and Mozambique's
> Limpopo National Park. It will cover 95 000 square kilometers.
> >
> > Later this week boundary fences will start being
> removed to allow the animals to return to their natural
migration
> routes.
> >
> > Tourists will also be able to move freely from one
> country to another with just one visa.
> >
> >
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