Rarico River
| Rarico River | |
|---|---|
| Location | |
| Country | Mozambique |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Mouth | |
• location | Lugenda River |
• coordinates | 12°26′51″S 37°38′06″E / 12.447449°S 37.634900°E |
| Length | 57 km |
| Basin features | |
| River system | Ruvuma River |
The Lureco River, previously also called the Rarico River, is a river in Mozambique. It is one of the primary tributaries of the Lugenda River, itself a tributary of the Ruvuma River.
The river is 57 km in length has a catchment area of 960 square km. About 30% of the upper reaches of the catchment area lay outside of the Niassa Reserve.[1]
During the Portuguese colonial era, a European expedition — operating on behalf of the Nyassa Company — discovered gold in the Rarico's sandy riverbed.[2][3]
References
- ^ Sociedade para a Gestão e Desenvolvimento da Reserva do Niassa, Moçambique. A Catchment Based Approach to the Conservation of Rivers and Management of the Niassa Reserve, p. 80 (2004)
- ^ Worsfold, William Basil; Edgcumbe, Sir Edward Robert Pearce (1899). Portuguese Nyassaland: An Account of the Discovery, Native Population, Agricultural and Mineral Resources, and Present Administration of the Territory of the Nyassa Company, with a Review of the Portuguese Rule on the East Coast of Africa. S. Low, Marston, Limited.
- ^ Handbook of the Nyassa Company, p. 33 (1898) ("The Rarico, the river which gives its name to the district, is the richest of the tributaries of the Lugenda.")