Shashe River Shashe is a sand filled channel, with extensive alluvial aquifers in the river channel and below the alluvial plains. These supply water for a number of irrigation schemes including Sibasa and Shashi. More than two million years ago, the Upper Zambezi River used to flow south through what is now the Makgadikgadi Pan (presently a vast seasonal wetland) to the Shashe River and thence the Limpopo River. There is a road bridge and a rail bridge south of Francistown. The lower Shashe River forms the border between Botswana and Zimbabwe and is unbridged. However, at Tuli, both sides of the
Lion's Den, Zimbabwe Lion's Den, Zimbabwe Lion's Den is a small town in Zimbabwe. The town lies in Makonde District, Mashonaland West Province, in central northern Zimbabwe. It is located about , northwest of Chinhoyi, the nearest large town, and the location of the district and provincial headquarters. This location is approximately , by road, northwest of Harare, the capital of Zimbabwe, and the largest city in that country. Lion's Den sits on Highway A-1, the main road from Harare to Chirundu, at the International border with Zambia, about , further northwest from Lion's Den. The coordinates of the town are: Latitude:-17.2700; Longitude:30.0250