Chindre

Near Chinde the Zambezi divides into a maze of channels, wetlands and mangrove-fringed shores before reaching the Indian Ocean. Fresh and salt water meet among the mudflats, where fish and other aquatic life find shelter among the roots. Floods reshape the river mouths and shift the sandbanks, making the passage between the open sea and the inland river uncertain. Farther inland, the great floodplain gives way to channels leading towards the Zambezi valley.