Luapula River: Difference between revisions

From Chalo Chatu, Zambia online encyclopedia
no edit summary
No edit summary
No edit summary
Line 1: Line 1:
[[File:Luapula River.jpg|thumb|The Luapula River, a branch of the Congo River, flows north into Lake Mweru]]
[[File:Luvua - Luapula - Chambeshi River DRC.jpg|thumb|The Luapula River is the middle stretch in red.]]
[[File:Luvua - Luapula - Chambeshi River DRC.jpg|thumb|The Luapula River is the middle stretch in red.]]
[[File:Mweru-Luapula.jpg|thumb|260px|The lower Luapula River, its delta where it enters Lake Mweru, and Mweru's outlet, the Luvua River going on north to the Lualaba and Congo rivers. Water shows up as black in this false-colour NASA satellite image. The extent of the Luapula Swamps is shown by the solid blue line, and the extent of the floodplain is shown as a dotted line. The towns are, in Zambia: 1 Chiengi, 2 Kashikishi, 3 Nchelenge, 4 Mwansabombwe, 5 Mwense; in DR Congo: 6 [[Pweto]], 7 [[Kilwa, Katanga|Kilwa]], 8 [[Kasenga]]. Other features: 9 Chisenga Island, 10 the largest swamp island (in DR Congo), 11 the main floodplain. Image credit: Jacques Descloitres, MODIS Rapid Response Team, NASA/GSFC.]]
[[File:Mweru-Luapula.jpg|thumb|260px|The lower Luapula River, its delta where it enters Lake Mweru, and Mweru's outlet, the Luvua River going on north to the Lualaba and Congo rivers. Water shows up as black in this false-colour NASA satellite image. The extent of the Luapula Swamps is shown by the solid blue line, and the extent of the floodplain is shown as a dotted line. The towns are, in Zambia: 1 Chiengi, 2 Kashikishi, 3 Nchelenge, 4 Mwansabombwe, 5 Mwense; in DR Congo: 6 [[Pweto]], 7 [[Kilwa, Katanga|Kilwa]], 8 [[Kasenga]]. Other features: 9 Chisenga Island, 10 the largest swamp island (in DR Congo), 11 the main floodplain. Image credit: Jacques Descloitres, MODIS Rapid Response Team, NASA/GSFC.]]
Administrators, upwizcampeditors
0

edits