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'''Lumangwe Falls''' on the [[Kalungwishi River]] in northern [[Zambia]] is the largest waterfall wholly within that country, with a height of 30-40 m and a width of 160 m.  The falls is 80 km from Mporokoso on the Kawambwa road.  It has a similar depth of water falling over the edge to the [[Victoria Falls]] (Mosi-oa-Tunya) on the [[Zambezi]] for which it is frequently mistaken in photographs.
'''Lumangwe Falls''' on the [[Kalungwishi River]] in northern [[Zambia]] is the second largest waterfalls in Zambia, with a height of 30-40 m and a width of 160 m.  The falls is 80 km from Mporokoso on the Kawambwa road.  It has a similar depth of water falling over the edge to the [[Victoria Falls]] (Mosi-oa-Tunya) on the [[Zambezi]] for which it is frequently mistaken in photographs.


At the river's height at the end of the rainy season in April/May, spray from the waterfall may be carried 100 m into the air and the roaring sound in the gorge below seems to shake the ground.  
At the river's height at the end of the rainy season in April/May, spray from the waterfall may be carried 100 m into the air and the roaring sound in the gorge below seems to shake the ground.