Chozi River
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The Chozi is a river located in the
Muchinga Province Muchinga Province is one of the ten provinces of Zambia. It is located in the northeast of the country and borders with Tanzania in the north, Malawi in the east, Eastern Province in the south, Central Province in the southwest, Luapula Provinc ...
in northeastern
Zambia Zambia, officially the Republic of Zambia, is a landlocked country at the crossroads of Central Africa, Central, Southern Africa, Southern and East Africa. It is typically referred to being in South-Central Africa or Southern Africa. It is bor ...
, and is a tributary of the upper
Chambeshi River The Chambeshi (or Chambezi) River of northeastern Zambia is the most remote headstream of the Congo River (in length) and therefore it is considered the source of the Congo River. (However, by volume of water, the Lualaba River provides a greater ...
. One of the tributaries of the Chozi is the Nbumba Stream. The village of Chozi is in the vicinity. The watershed between the Chozi and the Saisi River contains Nausu Hill. The ''Cleopatra smithi'' species of freshwater snails are found in the river.David S. Brown
''Freshwater Snails Of Africa And Their Medical Importance''
(2002), CRC, p.133


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