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'''Lake Mweru Wantipa''' or '''Mweru-wa-Ntipa''' meaning "muddy lake" (also called 'Mweru Marsh') is a [[lake]] and [[Zambezian flooded grasslands|swamp]] system in the [[Northern Province, Zambia|Northern Province]] of [[Zambia]]. It has been regarded in the past as something of mystery, displaying fluctuations in water level and [[salinity]] which were not entirely explained by variation in rainfall levels; it has been known to dry out almost completely.<ref name="NRJ">W. V. Brelsford: “The Problem of Mweru-Wantipa”, ''The Northern Rhodesia Journal'', Vol 2, No 5 (1954)</ref> This is compounded by its remoteness and it not receiving the same attention from geographers and geologists as its larger and more accessible neighbours, [[Lake Tanganyika]], 25 km east, and [[Lake Mweru]], 40 km west, with which its name is sometimes confused. | '''Lake Mweru Wantipa''' or '''Mweru-wa-Ntipa''' meaning "muddy lake" (also called 'Mweru Marsh') is a [[lake]] and [[Zambezian flooded grasslands|swamp]] system in the [[Northern Province, Zambia|Northern Province]] of [[Zambia]]. It has been regarded in the past as something of mystery, displaying fluctuations in water level and [[salinity]] which were not entirely explained by variation in rainfall levels; it has been known to dry out almost completely.<ref name="NRJ">W. V. Brelsford: “The Problem of Mweru-Wantipa”, ''The Northern Rhodesia Journal'', Vol 2, No 5 (1954)</ref> This is compounded by its remoteness and it not receiving the same attention from geographers and geologists as its larger and more accessible neighbours, [[Lake Tanganyika]], 25 km east, and [[Lake Mweru]], 40 km west, with which its name is sometimes confused. | ||
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