Kabompo River Explained

Kabompo
Map:Kabompo River Course.png
Subdivision Type1:Country
Subdivision Name1:Zambia
Subdivision Type3:Region
Subdivision Name3:North-Western Province, Zambia
Length:440km (270miles)
Mouth:Zambezi
Mouth Location:near Lukulu, Zambia
River System:Zambezi

The Kabompo River is one of the main tributaries of the upper Zambezi River. It flows entirely in Zambia, rising to the east of the source of the Zambezi, in North-Western Province along the watershed between the Zambezi and Congo river basins which also forms the border between Zambia and DR Congo. It is the second deepest river in Africa and one of the top five in the world.

Geography

The Kabompo River flows south-west through miombo woodland, then a remote Cryptosepalum dry forest ecoregion, with the West Lunga National Park on its west bank. After flowing past the town of Kabompo, it develops a swampy floodplain up to 5 km wide. The Kabompo Ferry on its lower course carries the main north–south gravel highway on the eastern side of the Zambezi. The river enters the Zambezi north of the town of Lukulu, at the north end of the Barotse Floodplain. Its main tributaries are the West Lunga River which flows from the north, and the Dongwe River from the east.

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