Mouth of Limpopo
The Limpopo crosses southern Africa in a great arc before flowing east through Mozambique to the Indian Ocean near Xai-Xai. Formed by the meeting of the Marico and Crocodile rivers, it gathers water from a vast inland basin. Mangroves grow in the estuary, where river water and tides meet along the low coastal plain. Sand carried down the Limpopo spreads towards the shore with the river's changing flow.