Lunga (Kafue)
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Lunga Great Lunga |
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 The Lunga (top left) |
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| Data | ||
| location |
 Zambia
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| River system | Zambezi | |
| Drain over | Kafue → Zambezi → Strait of Mozambique | |
| source | About 50 kilometers northwest of Solwezi on the border with the Democratic Republic of the Congo | |
| muzzle | In the Kafue National Park on the border with the Central Province in the Kafue coordinates: 14 ° 34 ′ 43 ″ S , 26 ° 26 ′ 5 ″ E 14 ° 34 ′ 43 ″ S , 26 ° 26 ′ 5 ″ E |
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| Mouth height |
1101 m
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| length | over 400 km | |
| Catchment area | 24,000 km² | |
| Discharge at gauge PK 10 (1) A Eo : 23,767 km² at the mouth |
MNQ 1963-1992 MQ 1963-1992 Mq 1963-1992 MHQ 1963-1992 |
32 m³ / s 93 m³ / s 3.9 l / (s km²) 249 m³ / s |
The Lunga River (also Great Lunga ) is a river in Zambia .
course
The right tributary of the Kafue rises about 50 kilometers northwest of Solwezi on the border with the Democratic Republic of the Congo and is a good 400 kilometers long. Its course runs through the region of the Copperbelt to the south and then through the animal-rich Miombo forests .
Like the river Lufupa , it flows into the 750 km² Busanga swamps above and north of the Itezhitezhi dam in the Kafue National Park in the Kafue. Its banks in the national park are a popular tourist destination. They are well developed with camps with lodges.
Hydrometry
The flow rate of the Lunga was measured at the mouth between 1963 and 1992 in m³ / s.
