Lufira (Lualaba)

Lufira
The Lufria (right)
Data
location	Democratic Republic of Congo
River system	Congo
Drain over	Lualaba  → Congo  → Atlantic
source	Shaba Plateau 11 ° 36 ′ 47 "  S , 26 ° 27 ′ 57"  E
muzzle	Mouth in the Lualaba coordinates: 8 ° 20 ′ 23 "  S , 26 ° 29 ′ 11"  E 8 ° 20 ′ 23 "  S , 26 ° 29 ′ 11"  E
Mouth height	563  m
length	500 km
Left tributaries	Dikuluwe
Right tributaries	Busumba, Lofoi , Lufwa
Reservoirs flowed through	Tshangalele lake
Waterfall on the Lufira

The Lufira River is a tributary of the Lualaba in southeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo .

course

The Lufira rises on the Shaba plateau south of Likasi , near the border with Zambia. It flows about 500 km north through the Bia Mountains and over Lake Kisale into the Lualaba.

The river is not to be confused with the Lufira (Lake Malawi) in Malawi.

Energy generation

The river was dammed in 1926 in Mwadingusha near Likasi to the Tshangalele Lake , in order to generate energy for the copper smelting with a hydroelectric power station.