Lunsemfwa River
The Lunsemfwa River is a tributary of the Luangwa River in Zambia and part of the Zambezi River basin. It is a popular river for fishing, containing large populations of tigerfish and bream.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
It rises on the south-central African plateau at an elevation of about Script error: No such module "convert". to the north of Mkushi and south of the border of Congo Pedicle, and flows south. It is used to generate hydroelectric power for the Kabwe mines through the Mita Hills Dam, built in the 1950s with a reservoir about Script error: No such module "convert". long by Script error: No such module "convert". wide, and another power station at Lunsemfwa Falls.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
About Script error: No such module "convert". below the dam it enters a remote and inaccessible 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 Script error: No such module "convert". long, up to Script error: No such module "convert". deep and about Script error: No such module "convert". wide at the top.
A viewpoint called Bell Point overlooks the confluence of the Lunsemfwa and its tributary the Mkushi River, about Script error: No such module "convert". along the gorge, and can be reached on a dirt track.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
The Lunsemfwa enters the Luangwa River rift valley about Script error: No such module "convert". from its western end, where the valley is about Script error: No such module "convert". wide. It flows to the middle of the valley and turns east as a meandering river with oxbow lakes and a floodplain Script error: No such module "convert". wide. About Script error: No such module "convert". further on it merges with the Lukusashi coming from the north-east, and the combined river turns south towards the Luangwa River.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
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References
- Google Earth accessed 18 February 2007.
- Camerapix: Spectrum Guide to Zambia, Camerapix International Publishing, Nairobi, 1996.
- Terracarta: Zambia, 2nd edition, International Travel Maps, Vancouver, Canada, 2000.
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