Masvingo Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! == Geography == The landscape in southern Zimbabwe is relatively flat, interspersed with rounded granite mountains. Known as [[kopjes]] (Dutch: little heads), they are often quite smooth. [[Msasa]] trees dominate the savannah landscape, with the occasional baobab tree. The weather is hot and dry throughout the year, except during the summer when the rains come. There is a range of small hills to the south of the city centre. Mucheke and Shagashe rivers run close to the centre and both of them act as de facto boundaries of the central business district. Robert Mugabe way, one of the city's main streets, is lined with pine trees adjacent to some of the oldest buildings in Zimbabwe such as The victoria hotel and the building opposite to it that now houses The High Court of Zimbabwe. The tallest building is the 9-storey Zimre center located in the CBD. The Bell Tower is a historical building and formed part of the fort erected by the British South African Company in 1892 to protect settlers around Fort Victoria. The town lies near [[Lake Mutirikwi]] and is home to a nine-hole [[golf course]] and a [[freight]] [[railway line]]. It lies on the [[Mucheke River]], with a civic centre at the town centre. [[Shagashe Game Park]] and an Italian memorial church built during [[World War II]] are nearby. Masvingo also has an [[airstrip]]. The national airline, Air Zimbabwe, has reintroduced a domestic flight connecting Masvingo to Harare in the north and Buffalo Range in the south starting on 5 December 2014. Masvingo is situated in a drought-prone area, with average rainfall of 600 mm/a.<ref>{{cite journal|doi=10.1016/j.pce.2003.08.004|title=Analysing water use patterns for demand management: the case of the city of Masvingo, Zimbabwe|year=2003|last1=Dube|first1=E|journal=Physics and Chemistry of the Earth, Parts A/B/C|volume=28|page=805|issue=20–27}}</ref> The raw water source for the city is [[Lake Mutirikwi]]. Apart from providing water for the city, Lake Mutirikwi supports water supply schemes for several riparian farmers and large sugar cane irrigation schemes in the [[Triangle, Zimbabwe]] and [[Hippo Valley]] areas. The storage capacity of the lake, which was completed in 1960, is {{convert|1378|e6m3|abbr=off}}. <div style="width:82%;"> {{Weather box |location = Masvingo (1961–1990, extremes 1951–present) |metric first = yes |single line = yes |Jan record high C = 38.9 |Feb record high C = 39.0 |Mar record high C = 37.2 |Apr record high C = 35.1 |May record high C = 34.0 |Jun record high C = 31.3 |Jul record high C = 31.2 |Aug record high C = 34.9 |Sep record high C = 38.5 |Oct record high C = 39.5 |Nov record high C = 39.0 |Dec record high C = 39.2 |year record high C = 39.5 |Jan high C = 28.1 |Feb high C = 27.4 |Mar high C = 26.9 |Apr high C = 25.9 |May high C = 24.1 |Jun high C = 21.5 |Jul high C = 21.6 |Aug high C = 24.4 |Sep high C = 27.4 |Oct high C = 29.2 |Nov high C = 28.7 |Dec high C = 28.0 |year high C = 26.1 |Jan mean C = 22.9 |Feb mean C = 22.2 |Mar mean C = 21.4 |Apr mean C = 19.4 |May mean C = 16.4 |Jun mean C = 13.9 |Jul mean C = 13.6 |Aug mean C = 16.2 |Sep mean C = 19.6 |Oct mean C = 21.8 |Nov mean C = 22.9 |Dec mean C = 22.7 |year mean C = 19.4 |Jan low C = 17.2 |Feb low C = 16.9 |Mar low C = 15.4 |Apr low C = 12.7 |May low C = 8.7 |Jun low C = 5.8 |Jul low C = 5.4 |Aug low C = 7.7 |Sep low C = 11.4 |Oct low C = 14.8 |Nov low C = 16.1 |Dec low C = 17.1 |year low C = 12.4 |Jan record low C = 9.7 |Feb record low C = 10.0 |Mar record low C = 8.1 |Apr record low C = 2.4 |May record low C = 0.0 |Jun record low C = -4.6 |Jul record low C = -3.6 |Aug record low C = -0.3 |Sep record low C = 2.5 |Oct record low C = 3.2 |Nov record low C = 6.3 |Dec record low C = 8.3 |year record low C = -4.6 |rain colour = green |Jan rain mm = 128.7 |Feb rain mm = 107.2 |Mar rain mm = 65.6 |Apr rain mm = 27.9 |May rain mm = 12.8 |Jun rain mm = 5.7 |Jul rain mm = 2.7 |Aug rain mm = 6.4 |Sep rain mm = 10.4 |Oct rain mm = 29.6 |Nov rain mm = 77.2 |Dec rain mm = 140.2 |year rain mm = 614.4 |Jan rain days = 10 |Feb rain days = 8 |Mar rain days = 6 |Apr rain days = 3 |May rain days = 2 |Jun rain days = 2 |Jul rain days = 1 |Aug rain days = 1 |Sep rain days = 1 |Oct rain days = 3 |Nov rain days = 7 |Dec rain days = 10 |year rain days = 54 |Jan humidity = 70 |Feb humidity = 74 |Mar humidity = 71 |Apr humidity = 73 |May humidity = 67 |Jun humidity = 65 |Jul humidity = 61 |Aug humidity = 53 |Sep humidity = 47 |Oct humidity = 54 |Nov humidity = 66 |Dec humidity = 71 |year humidity = 64 |Jan sun = 248.0 |Feb sun = 207.2 |Mar sun = 244.9 |Apr sun = 243.0 |May sun = 266.6 |Jun sun = 249.0 |Jul sun = 263.5 |Aug sun = 285.2 |Sep sun = 279.0 |Oct sun = 260.4 |Nov sun = 228.0 |Dec sun = 217.0 |year sun = 2991.8 |Jand sun = 8.0 |Febd sun = 7.4 |Mard sun = 7.9 |Aprd sun = 8.1 |Mayd sun = 8.6 |Jund sun = 8.3 |Juld sun = 8.5 |Augd sun = 9.2 |Sepd sun = 9.3 |Octd sun = 8.4 |Novd sun = 7.6 |Decd sun = 7.0 |yeard sun = 8.2 |source 1 = [[World Meteorological Organization]],<ref name= WMO>{{cite web |url = http://worldweather.wmo.int/en/city.html?cityId=961 |title = World Weather Information Service – Masvingo |publisher = World Meteorological Organization |access-date = 13 May 2016}}</ref> NOAA (sun and mean temperature, 1961–1990),<ref name = NOAA> {{cite web |url = ftp://ftp.atdd.noaa.gov/pub/GCOS/WMO-Normals/TABLES/REG__I/ZI/67975.TXT |title = Masvingo Kutsaga Climate Normals 1961–1990 |publisher = [[National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration]] |access-date = 10 June 2016}}</ref> |source 2 = [[Deutscher Wetterdienst]] (humidity, 1968–1974),<ref name = DWD> {{cite web |url = http://www.dwd.de/DWD/klima/beratung/ak/ak_679750_kt.pdf |title = Klimatafel von Masvingo (Fort Victoria) / Simbabwe |work = Baseline climate means (1961–1990) from stations all over the world |publisher = Deutscher Wetterdienst |language = de |access-date = 10 June 2016}}</ref> Meteo Climat (record highs and lows)<ref name = meteoclimat> {{cite web |url = http://meteo-climat-bzh.dyndns.org/index.php?page=stati&id=1572 |title = Station Masvingo |publisher = Meteo Climat |language = fr |access-date = 10 June 2016}}</ref> }} </div> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. 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