Kwando and Linyanti rivers join the course of Chobe River

The Zambezi River has risen 7 metres compared to the 5 metre rise during last years floods.

clipped from www.irinnews.org An indication of the severity of the flooding was that for the first time in "several decades" the Kwando and Linyanti rivers had joined the course of Chobe River, and the Zambezi River had risen seven metres, compared to the five-metre rise that occurred during the 2008 floods.