Rarico River
| Rarico River | |
|---|---|
| Location | |
| Country | Mozambique |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Mouth | |
• location | Lugenda River |
| Basin features | |
| River system | Ruvuma River |
The Rarico River is a river in Mozambique. The river is a tributary of the Lugenda River, itself a tributary of the Ruvuma River. During the Portuguese colonial era, a European expedition — operating on behalf of the Nyassa Company — discovered gold in the Rarico's sandy riverbed.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ Worsfold, William Basil; Edgcumbe, Sir Edward Robert Pearce (1899). Portuguese Nyassaland: An Account of the Discovery, Native Population, Agricultural and Mineral Resources, and Present Administration of the Territory of the Nyassa Company, with a Review of the Portuguese Rule on the East Coast of Africa. S. Low, Marston, Limited.