The Tati River is a river in northeast Botswana , a tributary of the Shashe River , which in turn is a tributary of the Limpopo River . The river flows through Francistown , where it is joined by the Ntshe (or Inchwe) River from the left.
11-503: Tati can refer to: Locations [ edit ] Tati River , Botswana Tati Concessions Land , in present-day Botswana Tati, Ranchi , a town in Jharkhand, India Tatí Yupí Refuge , a biological reserve in the district of Hernandarias, Alto Paraná Department, Paraguay Music [ edit ] Tati (musical instrument) , a stringed instrument used in traditional folk music by
22-651: A few days each year, as is common with rivers in Botswana. The river feeds the Ntimbale Dam , with a storage capacity of 26,370,000 cubic metres (931,000,000 cu ft). The dam, commissioned in 2008, supplies water to villages throughout the North East District . Further along its course, the river carries water to the Dikgatlhong Dam . The water has become polluted from industrial and human waste, and there
33-634: A hunter came across traces of old gold diggings near the Tati. He invited Karl Mauch to accompany him on his next trip, and in 1866 Mauch announced that he had found the Tati goldfields extending about 80 by 3 miles (128.7 by 4.8 km) which started the first gold rush in Southern Africa the following year. In 1869 the Englishman Daniel Francis came to hunt for gold on the river, before heading south to
44-401: A main-belt asteroid discovered in 1998 Tati (film) , a 1973 Brazilian film See also [ edit ] Tati language (disambiguation) Tat (disambiguation) Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Tati . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to
55-570: Is a risk of cholera if the water is used untreated. During the extended dry season, the river loses its surface water, although water may be accessed in the sand bed. Mining of this sand has caused the water table to drop, and may also contribute to flooding. Citations Sources Tati goldfields The Tati Goldfields are a mineral-rich band in Botswana and Zimbabwe in southern Africa. The band runs approximately 130 kilometres (81 mi) long by 5 kilometres (3 mi) wide, and crosses
66-469: The Kimberley diamond fields in 1870. The gold was hard to extract, and the gold rush subsided. Francis returned in 1880 and obtained mining rights from King Lobengula. Mining activity revived in the 1880s and 1890s, and Francistown was established in 1897 when the railway arrived. The town was named after Francis, who owned most of the land in the area. The sandy bed of the Tati river holds water only for
77-797: The Tati River . It is the southernmost of the gold-bearing bands in the Archaen greenstone ( schist ) belts of Zimbabwe. It is estimated that between 1866 and 1963 over 200,000 ounces of gold were produced from mines in the Tati Goldfields. The area along the Tati River was pit mined by the Bakalanga before the arrival of Europeans. It may have been one of the sources of wealth for the Great Zimbabwe empire (c. 1200 to 1450). In 1866, Karl Mauch discovered
88-678: The Naga people in North Eastern India and north-western Myanmar Tati (album) , a 2005 album by Italian trumpeter Enrico Rava "Tati" (song) , a song by American rapper 6ix9ine and DJ SpinKing Organisations [ edit ] TATI University College , a private university college in Malaysia Tati (company) , a defunct French textile retail company People [ edit ] Tati (queen) , ancient Nubian queen of Egypt Tati Esad Murad Kryeziu (1923–1993), heir presumptive to
99-472: The Tati goldfield, making it the first one discovered by Europeans in southern Africa. This led to the first South African gold rush. The gold mineralization occurs in quartz veins, intruded into the volcano-sedimentary rocks of the Tati greenstone belt. Other economic minerals occur including nickel and copper. The major formation is the Selkirk Formation which is up to 1000 meters thick. The Selkirk
110-428: The intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tati&oldid=1256001972 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Place name disambiguation pages Disambiguation pages with surname-holder lists Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Tati River About 1865
121-601: The throne of Albania prior to the birth of Prince Leka in 1939 Tati Quebra-Barraco (born 1980), Brazilian rapper Tati Rascón (born 1971), Spanish professional tennis player Jacques Tati (1907–1982), French film director and actor Jean-Baptiste Tati Loutard (1938–2009), Congolese politician and poet Tati Westbrook (born 1982), YouTube makeup artist Sherri Ann "Tati" Jarvis (1966–1980), American murder victim Tati Zaqui (born 1994), Brazilian digital influencer Tati Gabrielle (born 1996), American actress Other uses [ edit ] 14621 Tati ,
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