Lukanga Swamp: Difference between revisions

[[Image:Lukanga Swamp 564 x 594.jpg|thumb|right|300px|NASA image of Lukanga Swamp. Dark spots in the swamp are lagoons, elsewhere the swamp is covered in thick vegetation, mainly [[Cyperus papyrus|papyrus]]. Dark areas near the [[Kafue River]] are swamps with less vegetation. The overlay map shows main rivers, floodplain extent, and unpaved roads in yellow.]]

'''Lukanga Swamp''' is a major Zambezian flooded grasslands in the [[Central Province, Zambia|Central Province]] of [[Zambia]], about 50&nbsp;km west of [[Kabwe]].<ref name="ITM">Terracarta/International Travel Maps, Vancouver Canada: "Zambia, 2nd edition", 2000</ref> Its permanently swampy area consists of a roughly circular area with a diameter of 40 to 50&nbsp;km covering 1850&nbsp;km², plus roughly 250&nbsp;km² in the mouths of and along rivers discharging into it such as the Lukanga River from the north-east, plus another 500&nbsp;km² either side of the [[Kafue River]] to the west and north-west, making 2600&nbsp;km² in total.<ref name="Google">[http://earth.google.com Google Earth] accessed 2007.</ref> It contains many lagoons such as Lake Chiposhye and Lake Suye<ref name="ITM"/> but few large channels, and its average depth is only 1.5 m.