Lufupa
| Lufupa | ||
 The Lufupa (middle left) |
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| Data | ||
| location |
 Zambia
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| River system | Zambezi | |
| Drain over | Kafue → Zambezi → Strait of Mozambique | |
| Source height | about 1350 m | |
| muzzle | In the Kafue National Park on the border with the Central Province in the Kafue coordinates: 14 ° 37 ′ 5 ″ S , 26 ° 11 ′ 28 ″ E 14 ° 37 ′ 5 ″ S , 26 ° 11 ′ 28 ″ E |
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| Mouth height | 1094 m | |
| Height difference | about 256 m | |
| Bottom slope | about 1.1 ‰ | |
| length | 230 km | |
| Outflow A Eo : 1038 km² |
MNQ MQ Mq MHQ |
400 l / s 5 m³ / s 4.8 l / (s km²) 50.7 m³ / s |
| Left tributaries | Ntemwa , Moshin , Mibumba , Chibemba , | |
| Right tributaries | Lunga | |
The Lufupa is a river in Zambia
course
The river is a right tributary of the Kafue . It rises about 10 km southwest of Kawana and is about 230 kilometers long. The course is south-southeast and leads through the Busanga swamps . Its mouth lies above the Itezhitezhi Dam in the Kafue National Park .
Its course runs through the animal-rich Miombo forests . The banks in the national park are a popular tourist destination. They are well developed with camps with lodges.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Soviet General Staff Map , accessed via http://loadmap.net/
- ↑ Google Earth
- ↑ JICA publication