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Kafue National Park is the largest national park in Zambia, covering an area of about 22,400 km 2 (similar in size to Wales or Massachusetts). It is the second largest national park in Africa [2] and is home to 152 different species of mammals. [1] There are also 515 bird species, 70 reptile species, 58 species of fish and 36 amphibious species ...
The Kafue River's 50 km wide floodplain, the Kafue Flats, is a 240 km long east-west barrier to road and rail connections between the centre of the country and the south. Kafue lies at the eastern end of the floodplain where the river enters the Kafue Gorge and flows down the Zambezi Escarpment into the middle Zambezi rift valley. [2]
The Kafue River (red) and part of the Zambezi River (blue) Kafue river from the Kafue bridge The 1,576 kilometres (979 mi) long Kafue River is the longest river lying wholly within Zambia. [1]
Kafue District is a district of Zambia, located in Lusaka Province. The capital lies at Kafue. As of the 2022 Zambian Census, the district had a population of 219,574 people. [1] Before 1997, Kafue District, together with Chongwe District and Rufunsa District, was known as "Lusaka Rural". [2]
The Kafue lechwe (Kobus leche kafuensis), an antelope specialised for living in the marshy conditions of the flats, [16] is endemic to the area. There were estimated to be 250,000 lechwe living on the Kafue Flats in 1931, one of the highest animals carrying capacities in the world at 11,000 kg/km 2 (63,000 lb/sq mi). [16]
The Luangwa and Kafue rivers are the two largest left-hand tributaries of the Zambezi. The Kafue joins the main river in a quiet, deep stream about 180 m (590 ft) wide. From this point, the northward bend of the Zambezi is checked, and the stream continues due east. At the confluence of the Luangwa (15°37' S), it enters Mozambique. [19]
The eastern border is the Kariba Gorge and Zambezi, and the north-east border is the Kafue River, forming its border with Lusaka Province. The Kafue Flats lie mostly within the province's northern border with Central Province. In the north-west lies part of the famous Kafue National Park, the largest in Zambia.
KGU is located on the Kafue River, approximately 95 kilometres (59 mi), by road, south of Lusaka, the capital and largest city in Zambia. [2] This is approximately 75 kilometres (47 mi) upstream of where the Kafue River empties into the Zambezi River, and approximately 17 kilometres (11 mi) upstream of the Kafue Gorge Lower Power Station. [3]