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Encyclopedia > Luapula River

The Luapula River is a river in central Africa. It flows from Lake Bangweulu in Zambia to Lake Mweru on the border between Zambia and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). For much of its course it serves as part of the boundary between Zambia and the DRC.


The Chambeshi River flows into the Luapula in the vicinity of Lake Bangweulu.


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Congo - LoveToKnow 1911 (5554 words)
The large river, known as the Luapula (Great River), which issues from Bangweulu in 11° 31' S. and runs south through this swamp, may be regarded as a continuation of the Chambezi, there being a channel from the one stream to the other.
Before entering Mweru (q.v.) the Luapula again passes through a swampy region of deltaic character, a great part of the water escaping eastwards by various channels, and after spreading over a wide area finally passing into Mweru by lagoon-like channels east of the main Luapula mouth.
The river issuing from Lake Kisale is called Kamolondo; it has a width varying from 300 to loon ft. and an average depth of io ft. From Konde Rapids to those of Dia in 5° 20' - a distance of 300 m.
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