Kazungula

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Kazungula is a border town in Zambia, lying on the north bank of the Zambezi River about 70 kilometres (45 mi) west of Livingstone on the M10 road. At Kazungula, the territories of four countries (Zambia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, and Namibia) come close to meeting at a quadripoint. It has now been agreed that the international boundaries contain two tripoints joined by a short line roughly 135 metres (443 ft) long forming a boundary between Zambia and Botswana, now crossed by the Kazungula Bridge. The ever-shifting river channels and the lack of any agreements addressing the issue before 2000 led to some uncertainty in the past as to whether or not a quadripoint legally existed. Thus, Botswana and Zambia share a border of about 135 metres (443 ft) at the confluence of the Chobe River (which divides Namibia and Botswana) and the Zambezi River between Kakumba (or Xakumba) Island, the extreme tip of Namibia's Caprivi Strip, and Zimbabwe's westernmost point. Kazungula is also the name of the border...

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