Lake Chivero

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{{Infobox body of water

| name = Lake Chivero

| image = Lake Chivero.JPG

| caption = viewed from the north bank

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| coords = {{Coord|17|54|01|S|30|47|28|E|type:waterbody|display=inline,title}}

| type = reservoir

| inflow = Manyame River, Marimba River, Mukuvisi River

| outflow = Manyame River

| catchment =

| basin_countries = Zimbabwe

| length =

| width = {{convert|8|km|abbr=on}}

| area = {{convert|2632|ha|abbr=on}}

| depth =

| max-depth = {{convert|27|m|abbr=on}}

| volume = {{convert|250|e6m3|acre.ft|abbr=on}}

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| shore = {{convert|48|km|abbr=on}}

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| pushpin_map = Zimbabwe#Africa

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| pushpin_map_alt = Location of Lake Chivero in Zimbabwe.

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| extra = {{Designation list

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| designation1 = Ramsar

| designation1_offname = Lake Chivero and Manyame

| designation1_date = 3 May 2013

| designation1_number = 2105{{Cite web|title=Lake Chivero and Manyame|website=Ramsar Sites Information Service|url=https://rsis.ramsar.org/ris/2105|accessdate=25 April 2018}}}}

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Lake Chivero (formerly Lake McIlwaine){{cite journal |title=Using Landsat satellite imagery to monitor the spatial and temporal dynamics of aquatic weed extent in Lakes Chivero and Manyame, located in an urban catchment of Zimbabwe |journal=Water SA |date=31 January 2023 |volume=49 |issue=1 January |page=47 |doi=10.17159/wsa/2023.v49.i1.3950 |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/367645263_Using_Landsat_satellite_imagery_to_monitor_the_spatial_and_temporal_dynamics_of_aquatic_weed_extent_in_Lakes_Chivero_and_Manyame_located_in_an_urban_catchment_of_Zimbabwe/fulltext/63d9b73bc465a873a2723b0a/Using-Landsat-satellite-imagery-to-monitor-the-spatial-and-temporal-dynamics-of-aquatic-weed-extent-in-Lakes-Chivero-and-Manyame-located-in-an-urban-catchment-of-Zimbabwe.pdf}} is a reservoir on the Manyame River in Zimbabwe.

Located southwest of Harare, it provides the main water supply for the city. The lake was constructed over two-and-a-half years and opened to the public in 1952. The dam wall is 400 metres long.

The water is also used for irrigation purposes and commercial fishing. Some of the fishes that are found in the lake include common grass carp, tigerfish, black bream, Clarias gariepinus, yellowfish, and green-headed bream.

The lake and hinterland are protected as part of Lake Chivero Recreational Park. The lake was designated a Ramsar wetland of international importance on 3 January 2013.{{cite web |title=The Annotated Ramsar List: Zimbabwe |publisher=The Ramsar Convention on Wetlands |url=http://www.ramsar.org/cda/en/ramsar-documents-list-anno-zimbabwe/main/ramsar/1-31-218%5E26055_4000_0__ |accessdate=20 February 2013}}

Remembrance Island is a small island in the reservoir.[http://earth-info.nga.mil/gns/html/ GEOnet Names Server (GNS)]