Mulingushi
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Mulingushi Mulungushi |
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 The Luangwa catchment area with the Mulingushi (bottom left) |
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Central province of Zambia near Kabwe |
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| River system | Zambezi | |
| Drain over | Lunsemfwa → Luangwa → Zambezi → Strait of Mozambique | |
| source | at Kapiri Mposhi 13 ° 44 ′ 21 ″ S , 28 ° 39 ′ 31 ″ E |
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| muzzle |
Lunsemfwa coordinates: 14 ° 53 ′ 3 " S , 29 ° 11 ′ 36" E 14 ° 53 ′ 3 " S , 29 ° 11 ′ 36" E
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| Discharge at the level Sum of the tributaries of the Mulungushi reservoir A Eo : 4000 km² |
MNQ MQ Mq MHQ |
2.7 m³ / s 23.3 m³ / s 5.8 l / (s km²) 65.8 m³ / s |
| Reservoirs flowed through | Mulungushi Reservoir 14 ° 40 ′ S , 28 ° 50 ′ E |
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 Satellite photo of the Mulungushi Reservoir |
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The Mulingushi (also Mulungushi ) is a river in the central province of Zambia near Kabwe .
course
The Mulungushi is a tributary of the Lunsemfwa . It rises 30 kilometers northwest of Kabwe.
Dams
The Mulungushi dam was from the Broken Hill Development Company built to generate electricity to the tin mines of Broken Hill to supply.
Hydrology
The flow rate of the river was calculated from the sum of the inflows of the reservoir. The discharges were measured in m³ / s.
Conflicts
During the civil war in Zimbabwe , then President Kenneth Kaunda allowed the guerrillas around Joshua Nkomo to maintain a military base in this area. For this purpose, tanks were supplied by the GDR in order to start a conventional war against (South) Rhodesia from there .
In the late 1970s, the Rhodesian special forces SAS Regiment and Selous Scouts, together with the Rhodesian Air Force, destroyed this military base, killing 2,000 guerrillas.