Editing Maputo Province (section)

==Geography==
[[File:Moçambique Maputo.gif|thumb|left|300px|Provincial map]]
Maputo Province is the southernmost province of Mozambique. It borders [[Gaza Province]] to the north, the Indian Ocean to the east, the South African province of [[KwaZulu-Natal]] to the south, [[Eswatini]] to the southwest, and the [[Mpumalanga]] province of South Africa to the west and northwest. The [[Maputo Bay]] area to the southeast of Maputo is an important conservation area with many reefs and lakes. Of particular note is the [[Maputo Special Reserve|Maputo Elephant Game Reserve]], which has lakes such as [[Lagoa Chingute]] and [[Lagoa Piti]] in the vicinity, and the [[Machangulo Private Nature Reserve]] further north of this in the [[Machangulo Peninsula]].<ref name="GM">{{Google maps | url =https://www.google.com/maps/preview?ll=-25.5,32.333333&q=-25.5,32.333333&hl=en&t=h&z=9&source=newuser-ws  | access-date =22 September 2014}}</ref> The largest river of the province, the [[Maputo River]], running from [[Amsterdam, Mpumalanga]] in South Africa near the Eswatini border, flows into Maputo Bay to the southeast of Maputo. Also flowing into the bay are the [[Umbeluzi River]] and the [[Incomati River]]. In the fall of 1999, the Maputo, Umbeluzi, Incompati and [[Limpopo]] rivers were affected by severe rainfall, 70 percent higher than normal which caused severe flooding. The Maputo and Incomati burst their banks on 12 January 2000, directly affecting some 40,000, and flooding along the Incomati affected about 20,000 several days later.<ref name="ChristieHanlon2001">{{cite book|last1=Christie|first1=Frances|last2=Hanlon|first2=Joseph|author-link2=Joseph Hanlon|title=Mozambique & the Great Flood of 2000|url=https://archive.org/details/mozambiquegreatf00chri|url-access=registration|date=1 January 2001|publisher=Indiana University Press|isbn=0-253-33978-2|page=[https://archive.org/details/mozambiquegreatf00chri/page/16 16]}}</ref>

To the north of the peninsula is the [[Inhaca Island]] (''Ilha da Inhaca''), a {{convert|52|km2|sqmi|adj=on}} subtropical island, about {{convert|12|km}} from north to south by {{convert|7|km}} from east to west which separates Maputo Bay to the west from the Indian Ocean off its eastern shores. It is protected under the [[Lubombo Transfrontier Conservation Area]], and contains the Reserva da Inhaca.<ref name="GM"/> The highest point of the island is Mount Inhaca at {{convert|104|m}} on the north-eastern shoreline.

In the northwest of the province, near the South African border is a major reservoir and dam complex, the [[Corumana Dam]], which dams the [[Sabie River]]. In 2014 it was reported that hydro-mechanical specialists have been consulted to see a further expansion of the complex, with the aim of increasing the height of the dam from {{convert|110|m}} to {{convert|117|m}}, and installing crest spillway gates and a fuse plug. The dam is under the responsibility of the water directorate, Direcção Nacional de Águas (DNA).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hydroworld.com/articles/2014/05/mozambique-seeks-hydro-mechanical-specialist-for-corumana-dam-expansion.html|title=Mozambique seeks hydro-mechanical specialist for Corumana Dam expansion|publisher=Hydroworld.com|date=15 May 2014|access-date=22 September 2014}}</ref>