Dambo la Shire

Shire River Shiré, Chire
The Shire near Nsanje, Malawi
Etymology	Chewa chiri, "steep banks"
Location
Country	Malawi, Mozambique
Physical characteristics
Source	Lake Malawi
• coordinates	14°25′25″S 35°14′10″E
• elevation	474 m (1,555 ft)
Mouth	Zambezi
• coordinates	17°41′36″S 35°18′55″E
Length	402 km (250 mi)
Discharge
• average	486 m3/s

Mlonga wa Shire ni mronga ukuru comene mu Malawi.Ni maji ghekha agho ghakuthira mu Nyanja ya Malawi ndipo ghakuthira mu Mlonga wa Zambezi ku Mozambique. Utali wake ni makilomita 402. Mlonga wa Upper Shire ukufuma mu Nyanja ya Malawi ndipo uli na mtunda wa makilomita 19 pambere undafike mu Nyanja ya Malombe. Kufuma apo, maji ghakukhira kufuma mu Nyanja ya Malombe na kuluta kumwera kujumpha mu malo ghakuchemeka Liwonde National Park. Pakati pa matawuni gha Matope na Chikwawa, mlonga wa pakati ukujumpha mamita 400. Madamu ghaŵiri gha maji agho ghakazengeka kumpoto kwa Blantyre.

Mlonga uwu ukujumpha ku Chikwawa, ndipo ukuzgokera kumwera ca kumafumiro gha dazi na kunjira mu vidika vya Mozambique. Mlonga ukuru comene wa Ruo, uwo njumoza wa milonga iyo yikwenda nyengo yitali, ukunjira mu Shire kufupi na tawuni ya Chiromo ku Malawi. Maji agha ghakwenda mu malo ghakuru ghakuchemeka Elephant Marsh pambere ghandafike apo Mlonga wa Zambezi ukusamira kumwera kwa tawuni ya Sena, ku Mozambique.

Mu 1859, David Livingstone wakaluta ku malo ghaŵiri ku Zambezi.

Dambo ili lili mu chigaŵa cha East African Rift system.

Ferry crossing the Shire in Mozambique