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Rarico River

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Rarico River
Location
CountryMozambique
Physical characteristics
Mouth 
 • location
Lugenda River
Basin features
River systemRuvuma 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

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  1. ^ 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.