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...so Murotse means 'person of the plain' while Barotse means 'people of the plain.' ...the [[Kuomboka]], in which the Litunga moves from [[Lealui]] in the flood plain to [[Limulunga]] on higher ground. The Kuomboka usually takes place in Febr

...and floodplain, on the border between Angola and Zambia; '''15'''[[Liuwa Plain National Park]]; '''16''' The flat sandy [[Ecoregions of Zambia#Central Zam ...Floodplain as per map/atlas references given-->also known as the '''Bulozi Plain''', '''Lyondo''' or the '''Zambezi Floodplain''' is one of Africa's great [

...[Mfuwe]], the river's elevation has dropped to about 520 m, the flood plain is about 10 km wide and the valley reaches about 100 km wide, wit ...sp;km wide valley to the southeast. The river meanders less, and the flood plain narrows.

...attle depend, and bringing water to the settlements along the edges of the plain. Away from the [[Zambezi]] and its tributaries, much of the landscape is a ...his court from the dry-season capital of [[Lealui]], on the Zambezi flood-plain, to [[Limulunga]], is an important cultural and now tourist event called th

...bwe's [[Mana Pools National Park]]. The two parks sit on the Zambezi flood plain ringed by mountains. The area is a world heritage site. In fashion with the

...gh a channel into the Kafue. The area between the swamp and river is flood plain and when that and surrounding areas are inundated in the rainy season, the ...o]], [[zebra]] and [[antelope]]. In the rainy season the Lufupa floods the plain.<ref name="Spectrum">Camerapix: "Spectrum Guide to Zambia." Camerapix Inter

...ces of [[Zambia]]. They are a shallow [[Zambezian flooded grasslands|flood plain]] 240&nbsp;km long and about 50&nbsp;km wide,<ref name="Google">[http://ear ...|False colour NASA [[Terra (satellite)|MODIS]] image of the Kafue Flats in flood and the Itezhi-Tezhi dam - 14 February 2008.]]

...l flood recedes and provide a rich resource for herbivores. If the annual flood is disrupted by dams, woody shrubs of lower nutritional value tend to repla ...l and Southern Provinces, except the north-west corner (Busanga Swamps and plain) in North-Western Province.(also the western part)

...ot vice versa, though one report in 1931 after very heavy rains reported a flood from the Mofwe into the Kalungwishi.<ref name="NRJ"/> Most of the time, tho ...ot a lake but a swamp with hardly any open water surface, and even to be a plain of dried out mud (littered with fish scales and bones, and the skeletons of

...hen its [[swamp]]s and [[Zambezian flooded grasslands|floodplain]]s are in flood at the end of the [[rainy season]] in May. The combined area of the lake an ...just south of Chilubi Island, is a large area which is very shallow in the flood season and may become fairly dry at the end of the dry season, called the L

...miombo,mopane and Baikiaea woodland savanna, with grasslands (mainly Flood plain) and evergreen forest also present. The chief determinant of the distributi ...king of [[Barotseland]], established the [[Liuwa Plain National Park|Liuwa Plain]] game reserve which today is a national park. The possibility of recruitin

...ted causeway over wetlands and another 40&nbsp;km of embankment over flood plain.<ref name="Google" /> The second bridge over the river, the 320-metre long

...gments.<ref name="Google">[[Google Earth]] accessed 29 March 2007. When in flood [[Lake Bangweulu]] and its swamps may temporarily have a larger area, but n ...and floodplain which tend to regulate the water flow, absorbing the annual flood and releasing it slowly, and partly because Mweru's outlet, the Luvua, drop

...most notable feature of the upper Zambezi, but this northern part does not flood so much and includes islands of higher land in the middle. ...m in the [[rainy season]]. For more than 200&nbsp;km downstream the annual flood cycle dominates the natural environment and human life, society and culture

...at the start of the [[rainy season]] he moved to [[Limulunga]], above the flood water level, a move that is still celebrated in the annual [[Kuomboka]] [[f