Abstract
The climate of the region including the Zambezi River catchment above Kariba depends entirely on the relative position of the Inter-tropical Convergence Zone. The latter is rather complicated in structure as it provides the meeting ground for three distinct air currents:
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The Southeast Trade Winds (Indian Ocean) which normally cover the southern part of Rhodesia,
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The Northeast Monsoon (East African coast), and
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‘Congo Air’, a monsoonal indraught across the west coast of Africa approaching the region from the north-west.
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Balon, E.K., Coche, A.G. (1974). Climate. In: Balon, E.K., Coche, A.G. (eds) Lake Kariba. Monographiae Biologicae, vol 24. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-010-2334-4_3
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