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Luangwa topographic map
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Luangwa
Note: distances stated are approximate straight-line distances from source. The Luangwa rises in the Lilonda and Mafinga Hills in north-east Zambia at an elevation of around 1,500 metres (4,900 ft), near the border with Tanzania and Malawi, and flows in a southwesterly direction through a broad valley. About 150 kilometres (93 mi) from its source it has dropped to an elevation of about 690 metres (2,260 ft) and becomes a meandering river with a floodplain several kilometres wide. Over the next 300 kilometres (190 mi) the meanders increase, with many oxbow lakes and abandoned meanders. Near Mfuwe, the river's elevation has dropped to about 520 metres (1,710 ft), the floodplain is about 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) wide and the valley reaches about 100 kilometres (62 mi) wide, with a north-west escarpment (Muchinga Escarpment) about 700 metres (2,300 ft) high, and a south-western escarpment about 450 metres (1,480 ft) high. In the dry season some sections, especially in the upper reaches, dry out completely, leaving isolated pools.
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Name: Luangwa topographic map, elevation, terrain.
Location: Luangwa, Zambia (-15.62092 30.19639 -9.85132 33.32065)
Average elevation: 996 m
Minimum elevation: 288 m
Maximum elevation: 2,522 m
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