Kalambo River
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The Kalambo River forms part of the border between Zambia and Tanzania. It is a comparatively small stream which rises on the Ufipa Plateau in Rukwa Region,Tanzania north-east of Mbala at an elevation of about Script error: No such module "convert". and descends into the Albertine Rift, entering the southeastern end of Lake Tanganyika at an elevation of about Script error: No such module "convert"., in a straight-line distance of only about Script error: No such module "convert"..Script error: No such module "Unsubst". This accounts for its main claim to fame, its waterfall, Kalambo Falls, which is Africa's second highest falls (after South Africa's Tugela Falls). Below the falls, the river runs in a deep gorge.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
The site of the river includes important archaeological sites.
References
- UNESCO, World Heritage Centre, Kalambo falls archaeological site (prehistoric settlement site), 11/06/1997.
- "Forestry." Encyclopædia Britannica. 2006. Encyclopædia Britannica Online. 17 June 2006 <http://search.eb.com/eb/article-26182>.
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