CHAPTEE III 



THE MOZAMBIQUE DISTEICT 



The object of this book being to provide a study 

 for the intending settler and investor rather than 

 for the geographist, it will be more convenient 

 now to follow the administrative units, especi- 

 ally as these have to some extent been defined 

 by natural boundaries. 



That portion of the country north of the Zam- 

 bezi is watered by two river systems which divide 

 the districts of Quelimane and Mozambique into 

 two regions, one of them near the coast being a 

 region of no running water. The mountains to 

 the east of Lakes Nyassa and Shirwa form the 

 watershed of one system, which spreads out like 

 a great arch, one half having its base northward 

 on the Kiver Eovuma, the other southward in 

 Quelimane. The rainfall in these highlands is 

 probably 70 inches, perhaps more, and as a 

 result both the tributaries that feed the Rovuma 

 and Lurio and the rivers of Quelimane are 



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