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...hich is part of the Albertine Rift, the western branch of the East African Rift. In multiple stages the Kaombe River drops some 80m from the escarpment. A

It rises on the south-central African plateau at an elevation of about 1250 m to the north of [[Mkushi]] and just ...gorge which it has cut back into the plateau from the edge of the Luangwa Rift Valley into which it flows. Known as the '''Lunsemfwa Wonder Gorge''' it is

...source''. The Luangwa rises in the Lilonda and [[Mafinga Hills]] in north-east Zambia at an elevation of around 1500 m, near the border with [[Tanzan ...due south through a steep narrow valley: this is its exit from the Luangwa Rift Valley (see following section). After only 20 km it emerges from the h

...its larger and more accessible neighbours, [[Lake Tanganyika]], 25 km east, and [[Lake Mweru]], 40 km west, with which its name is sometimes conf ...anyika. There are some hot springs characteristics of a rift valley to the east. Its water is muddy in appearance, at times appearing reddish and 'slightly

...along rivers discharging into it such as the Lukanga River from the north-east, plus another 500 km² either side of the [[Kafue River]] to ...ver. Numerous short rivers and streams flow into the swamp from the south, east and north, of which the Lukanga is the largest. In the rainy season the flo

...be found in eastern Kenya and east of the [[Great Rift Valley, Kenya|Great Rift Valley]] into southernmost [[Ethiopia]]. It also occurs as far as the [[Jub ...frican savannas. However, recent civil wars and political conflicts in the African countries near their habitats has caused regional extinction, and sometimes

...y under the vision of [[Cecil Rhodes]], in the attempt to connect adjacent African possessions of the British Empire through a continuous line from Cape Town, ...he Portuguese considered an Angola to Mozambique railway to link west with east and produced the "[[Pink Map]]" representing their claims to sovereignty in

...f it. Mweru however drains not into [[Lake Tanganyika]] in the [[Albertine Rift]] but via the [[Luvua River]], which has cut a deep, narrow zigzag valley t Overlying the edge of the rift valley 60 km west of the Luapula Swamps is the [[Luizi crater|Luizi st

|type = [[Rift Valley lakes]] ...s in through swamps from the south, and the [[Kalungwishi River]] from the east. At its north end the lake is drained by the [[Luvua River]], which flows i

...maller quantities.<ref>[[Bruce Kapferer]]: "Strategy and Transaction in an African Factory", Manchester: Manchester University Press 1972</ref> ...da|Kaunda]]-[[Simon Kapwepwe|Kapwepwe]] breakaway group from the [[Zambian African National Congress]]. Later, they founded the political party [[UNIP]] whic

...ongo]] in the north, [[Tanzania]] in the north-east, and [[Malawi]] in the east. ...ift in the east and south-east are just within the province. In places the rift valleys have pushed up highlands: around Kambole and [[Mbala, Zambia|Mbala]

...as ravaged by the [[slave trade]] during much of the 19th Century, and the African Lakes Company devoted some efforts to trying to stamp it out. This activity ...ving a pleasant climate with plenty of hunting and fishing. Until [[German East Africa]] was taken over by Britain in 1919 as [[Tanganyika]], Abercorn and

...bala was instrumental in Zambia's first ever [[CECAFA Cup|East and Central African Championship]] success when he saved three penalties in Zambia's 3–0 shoo ...change them.<ref>Hernández, Sergio and Storni, Luis Carlos (9 June 2008). "AFRICAN and ASIAN PLAYERS IN ARGENTINA 1st LEVEL". RSSSF. http://www.rsssf.com/play

...Africa, ranging from the upper Congo River basin east to the East African Rift and south to northern Angola and [[Zambia]]. It sometimes includes the Syke ...i, Michael. ''East of the Mountains of the Moon: Chimpanzee Society in the African Rain Forest,'' The Free Press, 1988, pg. 238.</ref>

|lake_type = [[Rift Valley Lake]] '''Lake Tanganyika''' is an [[African Great Lakes|African Great Lake]]. It is estimated to be the [[List of lakes by volume|second l

The elevation of the great central African plateau on which Zambia is located, typically between 1000 and 1300 metres, ...oss the northern part of both 'lobes' of the country . On the flat central African plateau the woodland is interspersed with [[dambo]]s, grassy wetlands formi

***East Africa **[[Rift Valley lakes]]

...Southwest African lion|lion]] are found almost exclusively in parks, the [[African buffalo]] is found in or close to parks. Of the other large animals, only t ...ational Park]] is a contiguous area stretching from the hills at the north-east end of [[Lake Mweru]] to [[Lake Tanganyika]], rich in wildlife particularly

***[[East Africa]] **[[Rift Valley lakes]]

...e [[List of rivers by length|fourth-longest]] river in Africa, the longest east flowing river in Africa and the largest flowing into the [[Indian Ocean]] ...]] and Zambezi basins is a well-marked belt of high ground, running nearly east-west and falling abruptly to the north and south. This distinctly cuts off