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English: In the photo a woman and her daughter in the province of Gaza, southern Mozambique, specifically in the Limpopo River. After the Zambezi, the Limpopo is the largest African river to drain into the Indian Ocean. The woman and the girl cross the river devoid of any security measure, a river with frequent reports of the presence of crocodiles and snakes. The picture shows how much Mozambican women suffer working in the agricultural fields to somehow contribute to the survival of their families. In a brief conversation with the woman, she said that the products that she produces sells in the market of the largest local city called Xai-Xai, which in turn are transported to Maputo City, the capital of the country.
The Limpopo River rises in central southern Africa, and flows generally eastwards to the Indian Ocean. The term Limpopo is the modified version of the original Sepedi name diphororo tša meetse, meaning "gushing strong waterfalls". The river is approximately 1,750 kilometres (1,087 mi) long, with a drainage basin 415,000 square kilometres (160,200 sq mi) in size. The mean discharge measured over a year is 170 m³/s (6,200 cu ft/s) at its mouth.
The first European to sight the river was Vasco da Gama, who anchored off its mouth in 1498 and named it Espiritu Santo River. Its lower course was explored by St Vincent Whitshed Erskine in 1868–69, and Captain J. F. Elton travelled down its middle course in 1870.[1]