Serorome River

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title: "Serorome River" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["rivers-of-botswana"] topic_path: "general/rivers-of-botswana" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serorome_River" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

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nameSerorome River
mouth_locationLimpopo River
subdivision_type1Country
subdivision_name1Botswana
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| name = Serorome River | image = | image_size = | image_alt = | image_caption = | map = | map_size = | map_alt = | map_caption = | source1_location = | mouth_location = Limpopo River | progression = | subdivision_type1 = Country | subdivision_name1 = Botswana | location = | length = | source1_elevation = | mouth_elevation = | discharge1_avg = | basin_size = | river_system = | tributaries_left = | tributaries_right = The Serorome River is a river in the Central District of Botswana, a tributary of the Limpopo River.

Geology

At one time the western Kalahari Region was a large, shallow inland lake, draining into the Limpopo through the Serorome Valley. Later geological upheavals re-oriented the rivers in the region to mainly flow northeast into the Zambezi. The Serorome valley is the exception, still leading to the Limpopo via a rift fault.

Climate

Today the river flows through relatively flat, semi-arid country with savannah grasslands, shrubs and trees. The river flows occasionally in the rainy season, which lasts from November to April, and for the remainder of the year it is dry. It flows below its confluence with the Bonwapitse River due to run off in the Bonwapitse catchment. David Livingstone visited the region in 1857, and described the Serorome as "... a lovely spot in the otherwise dry region. The wells from which we had to lift out water for our cattle are deep, but they were well filled."

Economic activity

The North-South Carrier pipeline crosses the Serorome valley, where there is a pumping station at 227 km from the Letsibogo Dam. The Mmamabula coal field lies to the south of the river.

References

Citations Sources

  • {{cite web |url=http://www.nina.no/archive/nina/PppBasePdf/oppdragsmelding/320.pdf |title=The North-South Carriér Water Project in Botswana |last=Bevanger|first=Kjetil |date=December 1994 |access-date=2012-09-21}}
  • {{cite web |url=http://www.bgs.ac.uk/sadcreports/botswana1992aquatecgwconscentraldistrictplanningstudy.pdf |title=CENTRAL DISTRICT PLANNING STUDY - MAIN REPORT = VOLUME 1 |date=May 1992 |author=Aqua Tech Groundwater Consultants |publisher=Ministry of Local Government & Lands Central District |access-date=2012-09-21}}
  • {{cite web |url=http://www.fao.org/ag/AGP/AGPC/doc/Counprof/Botswana/botswana2.htm |title=Botswana - The Pasture Resource |last=Burgess |first=Jeremy |publisher=FAO |access-date=2012-09-21 |archive-date=2017-11-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171102231750/http://www.fao.org/ag/agp/agpc/doc/counprof/botswana/botswana2.htm |url-status=dead
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  • {{cite web |url = http://cicenergycorp.com/project/mmamabula_coalfield/index.php?content_id=145&page_number=1 |author = CIC Energy |year = 2010 |title = Mmamabula Coalfield |access-date = 2012-09-21 |url-status=dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20101106124458/http://www.cicenergycorp.com/project/mmamabula_coalfield/ |archive-date = 2010-11-06 |df =
  • {{cite book |last=Spinage|first=Clive Alfred|title=African Ecology: Benchmarks and Historical Perspectives |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=d3vOHF8PNKkC&pg=PA219|access-date=2012-09-21 |date=2012-06-28|publisher=Springer|isbn=978-3-642-22871-1}}

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