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are seen in some dambos. Thus it may take a long timeâperhaps several yearsâfor water from a heavy rainy season to percolate through hills and emerge in a dambo, creating lagoons there or a flow in downstream rivers which cannot be explained by the previous year's rainfall. Dambos may be involved,
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50:. They are generally found in higher rainfall flat plateau areas and have river-like branching forms which in themselves are not very large but combined add up to a large area. Dambos have been estimated to comprise 12.5% of the area of Zambia. Similar African words include
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for growing vegetables and other food crops, which can be vital in drought years since dambo soils usually retain enough moisture to produce a harvest when the rains fail
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871:Freshwater swamp forest
381:16.366717°S 24.309667°E
320:A dambo can be seen at
1206:Wetlands International
977:List of wetland plants
393:(102 km north-west of
851:Salt pannes and pools
386:-16.366717; 24.309667
174:A 1998 report of the
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266:and fencing material
159:9.72500°S 28.76667°E
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527:Types and landforms
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293:for soaking bitter
273:used for building,
262:for rushes used as
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1155:Salt marsh die-off
1073:Salt marsh dieback
982:List of fen plants
821:Palustrine wetland
722:Intertidal wetland
717:Interdunal wetland
243:and Lake Chila in
241:Lake Mweru Wantipa
164:-9.72500; 28.76667
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1143:Ramsar site
1133:Marsh organ
1032:Hydric soil
911:Vernal pool
894:Shrub swamp
762:Tidal marsh
591:Plateau bog
581:Coastal bog
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369:16°22.003â˛S
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279:earthenware
220:water cycle
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140:in Zambia,
96:and German
64:Mashonaland
56:East Africa
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937:Bog garden
930:Artificial
901:Wet meadow
767:High marsh
757:Salt marsh
660:Fen-meadow
628:Alder carr
611:Upland bog
606:String bog
601:Raised bog
401:References
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150:28°46â˛00âłE
147:09°43â˛30âłS
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882:Myristica
772:Low marsh
586:Kermi bog
561:Bofedales
541:Backswamp
264:thatching
214:Hydrology
204:sand dune
1342:Wetlands
1321:Category
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1246:Bog iron
1236:Bog body
1058:Halosere
1010:Histosol
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988:Sphagnum
846:Reed bed
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670:Rich fen
665:Poor fen
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285:antelope
232:aquifers
210:dambos.
180:phreatic
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236:Springs
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184:fluvial
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801:Muskeg
727:Kettle
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444:et al.
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196:valley
192:upland
134:swamps
78:fadama
60:matoro
44:Malawi
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952:Swale
921:YaĂŠrĂŠ
884:swamp
861:Swamp
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806:Oasis
786:Misse
737:Marsh
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702:Hamun
677:Flark
650:Dambo
546:Bayou
353:Mansa
245:Mbala
230:from
124:Types
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52:mbuga
32:dambo
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