The universal geography : earth and its inhabitants

252 SOUTH AND EAST AFEICA.TiiKZamhese Dki.ta.The united lurrtnt of the Zambcse aud the Shire, which at ccitaiu points isstated to be no less than eight miles wide from bank to bank, flows below theconfluence in n south-easterly direction ; it then trend? to the south and again toFig. "1.- /^AMBKSK DkI.TA.Scale 1 : 1,300,OCO.E«taf G^«n^:ch32 Feet andupwai'ds.the south-east before ramifying into several distinct branches to form its " goosefoot" delta. All the waters ultimately find their way seawards through numerousmouths, such as the Melambe on the south, the Inhamissengo or Kongoni towardsthe north, the eastern Lu-Ebo, the Muzelo or Catherine, the Inhamiara, andothers. The western Lu-Ebo, or Luasse, a channel winding to the coast on theextreme south, is connected with the delta proper only during the periodical