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Zambia's economy and food security is heavily dependent on rain-fed agriculture, making the country particularly vulnerable to changes in weather patterns. The 2023-2024 rainy season saw the influence of El Niño, leading to significantly reduced rainfall and the onset of severe drought conditions, which persist to the present day. [ 4 ]
The average temperature in Zambia in the summer season is 30 °C and in the winter (colder season) it can get as low as 5 °C. The rains are brought by the Intertropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ) and are characterised by thunderstorms, occasionally severe, with much lightning and sometimes hail. The ITCZ is located north of Zambia in the dry ...
Rainfall amount is the most important determinant of the type and distribution of ecoregions. Zambia experiences good rainfall, with extremes of 500 to 1400 mm (most areas fall into the range 700 to ) in a distinct rainy season of four to six months centred on January, when the moist Intertropical Convergence Zone is over the country.
Extreme weather attributed to the El Niño phenomenon is causing a surge in hunger in several countries, including Zambia and Afghanistan, the UN's World Food Programme said Wednesday, and called ...
The terrain of Zambia is mostly high plateau, with some hills and mountains. The lowest point is the Zambezi river, at 329 m (1,079 ft) above sea level, with the highest being Mafinga Central in the Mafinga Hills, at 2,339 m (7,674 ft) above sea level. Zambia is a landlocked country bordered along Zimbabwe in the south divided by Victoria Falls ...
According to the 2022 revision of the World Population Prospects [4][5] the total population of Zambia is 19,473,125 in 2021, compared to only 2,340,000 in 1950. The proportion of children below the age of 15 in 2010 was 46.4%, 50.6% was between 15 and 65 years of age, while 3.1% was 65 years or older. [6]
1980–2000: [14] 2010: [ 1 ] As per the 2010 Zambian census , Eastern Province had a population of 1,592,661 accounting to 12.16 per cent of the total Zambian population of 13,092,666.
UTC+2 (CAT) Climate. Cwa. Kasempa is a town located in Kasempa District, North-Western Province, Zambia. It is approximately 550 kilometres (340 mi) by road northwest of Lusaka, the capital. [1] Kasempa is located on the western bank of the Lufupa River as it flows south into the Kafue National Park.