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Encyclopedia > Bangweulu Swamp

Lake Bangweulu is a large but shallow lake in Zambia. It covers a surface area of 5,000 sq km but has an average depth of only 4 m. The area around Lake Bangweulu is a large wetland known as Bangweulu Swamp.


The lake drains into Luapula River. The Chambeshi River empties into the Luapula within Bangweulu Swamp.


External link

  • ILEC Data Summary: Lake Bangweulu (http://www.ilec.or.jp/database/afr/dsafr021.html)



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Bangweulu - LoveToKnow 1911 (471 words)
BANGWEULU, a shallow lake of British Central Africa, formed by the head streams of the Congo.
The term Bangweulu is sometimes applied to the whole depression, but is properly confined to the area of clear water.
South of Bangweulu the swamp extends to 12° 10' S. Into this swamp on its east side flows the Chambezi, the most remote head stream of the Congo.
~ZAMBIA~ (1772 words)
The Great Bangweulu Basin, incorporating the vast Bangweulu Lake and a massive wetland area lies in a shallow depression in the centre of an ancient cratonic platform, the North Zambian Plateau.
The resultant effect is that the water level in the centre of the basin varies between one and two meters, causing the floodline to advance and retreat by as much as 45 kilometres at the periphery.
The higher ground surrounding the Bangweulu is dominated by miombo woodland intersected by numerous dambos.
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