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Lake Mweru Wantipa

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Lake Mweru Wantipa or Mweru-wa-Ntipa meaning "muddy lake" (also called 'Mweru Marsh') is a lake and swamp system in the Northern Province of Zambia. [1]

17 relations: Dambo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Rift, Kalungwishi River, Kawambwa, Lake, Lake Mweru, Lake Tanganyika, Luapula River, Mporokoso, Mweru Wantipa National Park, Northern Province, Zambia, Ramsar Convention, Rift Valley lakes, Salinity, Zambezian flooded grasslands, Zambia.

Dambo

Dambo is a word used for a class of complex shallow wetlands in central, southern and eastern Africa, particularly in Zambia and Zimbabwe.

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Democratic Republic of the Congo

The Democratic Republic of the Congo (République démocratique du Congo), also known as DR Congo, the DRC, Congo-Kinshasa or simply the Congo, is a country located in Central Africa.

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East African Rift

The East African Rift (EAR) is an active continental rift zone in East Africa.

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Kalungwishi River

The Kalungwishi River flows west in northern Zambia into Lake Mweru.

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Kawambwa

Kawambwa is a town in the Zambian province of Luapula located on the edge of the northern Zambian plateau above the Luapula valley at an altitude of 1300 m. It was chosen as an administrative district of the same name by the British colonial authorities who preferred the climate of the plateau rather than the hotter valley where most of the district's population live, and it continues as an administrative district today.

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Lake

A lake is an area filled with water, localized in a basin, that is surrounded by land, apart from any river or other outlet that serves to feed or drain the lake.

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Lake Mweru

Lake Mweru (also spelled Mwelu, Mwero) is a freshwater lake on the longest arm of Africa's second-longest river, the Congo.

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Lake Tanganyika

Lake Tanganyika is an African Great Lake.

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Luapula River

The Luapula River is a section of Africa's second-longest river, the Congo.

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Mporokoso

Mporokoso (also spelled and pronounced 'Mpolokoso' and 'Mumpolokoso') is a town in the Northern Province of Zambia, lying at an elevation of nearly 1500 m on the flat plateau about 75 km south east of Lake Mweru Wantipa and 100 km south-west of Lake Tanganyika.

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Mweru Wantipa National Park

Mweru Wantipa National Park is named after Lake Mweru Wantipa in the Northern Province of Zambia.

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Northern Province, Zambia

Northern Province is one of Zambia's ten provinces.

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Ramsar Convention

The Ramsar Convention on Wetlands of International Importance especially as Waterfowl Habitat is an international treaty for the conservation and sustainable use of wetlands.

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Rift Valley lakes

The Rift Valley lakes are a group of lakes in the East African Rift that runs north-south through the eastern side of the African continent, from Ethiopia in the north to Malawi in the south.

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Salinity

Salinity is the saltiness or amount of salt dissolved in a body of water (see also soil salinity).

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Zambezian flooded grasslands

The Zambezian flooded grasslands is an ecoregion of southern and eastern Africa that is rich in wildlife.

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Zambia

Zambia, officially the Republic of Zambia, is a landlocked country in south-central Africa, (although some sources prefer to consider it part of the region of east Africa) neighbouring the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the north, Tanzania to the north-east, Malawi to the east, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Botswana and Namibia to the south, and Angola to the west.

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Redirects here:

Lake Mweru-wa-Ntipa, Lake mweru wantipa, Mweru Marsh, Mweru Marshes, Mweru-wa-Ntipa.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Mweru_Wantipa

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