The Chitake River flows through the Mana Pools National Park, Zimbabwe, and has its source in the Zambezi Escarpment. The source is a perennial spring at the foothills, which flows for 1 kilometre within the canyon walls. The river discharges into the Rukomechi River.
There is a major fossil site on the Chitake River, where large numbers of Syntarsus rhodesiensis have been found.
Source: -16.175°N 29.5869°WMouth: -16.0756°N 29.4128°W