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This is a list of rivers in Zambia. This list is arranged by drainage basin, ... GEOnet Names Server This page was last edited on 4 July 2022, at 17:33 ...
Pages in category "Rivers of Zambia" The following 24 pages are in this category, out of 24 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. * List of rivers of ...
List of drainage basins by area (including rivers, lakes, and endorheic basins); List of largest unfragmented rivers; List of longest undammed rivers; List of river name etymologies
David Livingstone, who reached the upper Zambezi in 1853, refers to it as "Zambesi", but also makes note of the local name "Leeambye" used by the Lozi people, which he says means "large river or river par excellence". Livingstone records other names for the Zambezi—Luambeji, Luambesi, Ambezi, Ojimbesi, and Zambesi—applied by different ...
The 1,576 kilometres (979 mi) long Kafue River is the longest river lying wholly within Zambia. [1] Its water is used for irrigation and for generating hydroelectric power . [ 2 ] It is the largest tributary of the Zambezi , [ 3 ] and of Zambia 's principal rivers, it is the most central and the most urban .
For more than 100 km of its length as it flows to the east of Kasama, the river consists of a maze of channels in wetlands about 2 km wide, in a floodplain up to 25 km wide. Further downstream, where it is bridged by the Kasama–Mpika road and the Tazara Railway , the permanent main channel is about 100 m wide, and up to 400 m wide in flood.
This is a list of rivers in Africa. See below each river's article for its tributaries, drainage areas, etc. See below each river's article for its tributaries, drainage areas, etc. Southern Africa
Lakes of Zambia (5 C, 7 P) R. Rivers of Zambia (6 C, 24 P) This page was last edited on 21 July 2024, at 08:57 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons ...