Liambesi lake
| Liambesi lake | ||
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| Liambesisee in the dry season. The visible yellow area is flooded during high water | ||
| Geographical location |
 Namibia Caprivi Strip ( Zambezi ) |
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| Tributaries | Linyanti ( Cuando ), reflux from the Zambezi | |
| Drain | Chobe (Cuando) to the Zambezi | |
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| Coordinates | 17 ° 56 ′ S , 24 ° 22 ′ E | |
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| Altitude above sea level | 930 m | |
| surface | 100 km² | |
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particularities |
again and again partially to completely dried out |
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The Liambesisee ( English Lake Liambezi ) is a lake in northeastern Namibia in the Zambezi region .
description
The lake is located in the lower reaches of the Cuando in the Caprivi Strip , right on the border with Botswana . It lies at the end of the Linyanti swamps, where the Cuando (Linyanti) is dammed at a fault.
The lake is a holdover from the Zambezi - Okavango river development and is one of the last remnants of the Paleo Makgadikgadi Lake .
Water flow
Until it was completely dry in 1986, it was the largest lake in the country with an area of up to 100 km² .
For the first time in 2004 or 2008 the lake, fed by the Chobe from the Zambezi , filled with water again and was permanently filled from 2009 onwards. It has almost completely dried out since 2016.
literature
- Assessment of Lake Liambezi gillnet fishery in the Zambezi region, Namibia. International Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Studies, March 2017, No. 5 (1), pp. 490–495. ( available online )
Web links
- Liambesi on worldlakes.org (English)