Ngondoma River
Ngondoma River is a river in Zhombe Communal Land, Kwekwe District in the Midlands province of Zimbabwe.
Location
Ngondoma River is in the Midlands Province, although some claim it to be in Mashonaland West Province. Rivers are usually identified at their mouths, and the place where Ngondoma River flows into Munyati River is indeed Mashonaland. Munyati River serves as a border of the two, set several metres on the Midlands side. Just before its confluence with Munyati River, it passes over Mabura Caves, a bat guano mine in Somapani area of Zhombe.Tributaries
The main tributaries of Ngondoma River are:- Ufafi River
- Mavulamachena River
- Chebechebe River
- Nevada River
- Chevecheve River
- Chikombera River
- Mwembesi River whose source is also in the Mafungabusi Plateau forest.
- Korombina River whose confluence with Ngondoma River form the northern peripheral of Ngondoma Irrigation Scheme.
Ngondoma Dam
In 1967, the Ngondoma Dam was constructed on the river northwest of Kwekwe and southwest of Kadoma.The dam holds more than of water. It supplies the government managed Ngondoma Irrigation Scheme of water per year by a gravity-driven concrete-lined canal.