Subject: Re: Island enclaves in Rivers
Date: Feb 25, 2003 @ 20:04
Author: Francisco <xuax@netvisao.pt> ("Francisco <xuax@...>" <xuax@...>)
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"L. A. Nadybal <lnadybal@c...>" <lnadybal@c...> wrote:
> c. GB & Portugal Agmt Nov 30, 1911 re: Ruo & Shire River
> boundary islands (not certain where these are).

The Shire River is the only outlet from Lake Malawi.
The lower Shire was the colonial border between British Nyasaland
(Malawi) and Portuguese Mozambique. The Ruo is a major tributary of
the Shire. The Shire joins the Zambezi river in Mozambique.

Francisco Santos,
Portugal