The Thuli River, former name Tuli River, is a major tributary of the Shashe RiverinZimbabwe. It rises near Matopo Mission, Matobo District, and flows into the Shashe River near Tuli village.
The Mtshabezi River (the principal left-bank tributary) is dammed at Mtshabezi, Sheet and Blanket. Mtshabezi Dam will augment the water supply for the City of Bulawayo, once a connecting pipeline has been completed. Sheet and Blanket Dams supply water to the City of Gwanda and Blanket and Vubachikwe Mines.
Two additional dam sites have been selected further downstream:
Thuli–Moswa, where no development has taken place.
Thuli–Manyange, upstream of Elliot Bridge, where construction was briefly started in 2007 but is now halted.[1]
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^Love, D., Uhlenbrook, S., Madamombe, E., Twomlow, S. and van der Zaag, P. 2006. An evaluation of climate and run-off variability and associated livelihood risks in the Mzingwane Catchment, Limpopo Basin, Zimbabwe. Water Institute of Southern Africa Biennial Conference and Exhibition, Durban, South Africa, May 2006.
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