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Chambeshi River

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Brian Leith (Director):"Congo", Television Documentary broadcast by British Broadcasting Corporation, London, 2001.
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at an elevation of 1,760 metres (5,770 ft) above sea level. It flows for 480 km into the
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up to 25 km wide. Further downstream, where it is bridged by the
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For more than 100 km of its length as it flows to the east of
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to the southeast. The water then flows out of the wetlands as the
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Stream in Zambia, considered the source of the Congo River
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The Chambeshi River is the easternmost stream in red.
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Chambeshi River is located in Zambia
11°28′S 30°21′E / 11.467°S 30.350°E / -11.467; 30.350
River system
Congo basin
Zambia
headstream
Congo River
Lualaba River
streamflow
stream
mountains
Lake Tanganyika
Bangweulu Wetlands
Lake Bangweulu
rainy season
flood
inundates the Zambesian grasslands
Luapula River
Kasama
floodplain
Kasama–Mpika road
Tazara Railway
Chambeshi River Floods
NASA Earth Observatory
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Rivers
Zambia

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