Lumangwe Falls
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| Part of | Kalungwishi River  |
|---|---|
| Drainage basin | Congo Basin |
| Country | Zambia |
| Coordinate location | 9°32′0″S 29°23′0″E, 9°31′30″S 29°22′0″E |
Lumangwe Falls insyd de Kalungwishi River insyd northern Zambia be de largest waterfall wholly insyd de country, wey get a height of 30-40 m den a width of 100-160 m.[1][2] E be block-type waterfall wey dey between de Luapula plus Northern Provinces.[3] De main bedrock be interbedded quartzite plus layers of red siltstone.[4]
De falls be 80 km frm Mporokoso for de Kawambwa road. E get similar depth of water wey dey fall over de edge to de Victoria Falls (Mosi-oa-Tunya) on de Zambezi wey ebe mostly mistaken insyd photographs. Lumangwe Falls dey form part of de Lumangwe Falls / Kabwelume Falls / Chimpepe Falls Complex, a national monument insyd Zambia.[5]
For de river height for de end of de rainy season insyd April / May, spray from de waterfall fi carry 100 m insyd de air den de roaring sound insyd de gorge below seem e dey shake de ground.
Lumangwe Falls dey reach via a 10 km earth road wey dey turn west from de Kawambwa-Mporokoso gravel road, 2.5 km north-east of de Kalungwishi bridge for Chipempe, wey replace de pontoon (Kalungwishi Ferry) insyd 2004. De falls fit be viewed from de bank of de river for de top plus from a cliff wey dey almost opposite de drop. Paths dey lead go de foot of de falls plus down de gorge go Kabwelume Falls 6 km downstream.
De falls no see de same level of tourism as de more well-known Victoria Falls. A council planning officer report give de Zambia Daily Mail dat dis be secof de area be previously sacred give de chiefs for de district wey dey pay homage give demma ancestors, plus de area be avoided by de common people. Attempts to open de Lumangwe Falls area begin insyd 1975, buh dem be unsuccessful til 1996. Dem attribute give de chiefs wey agree to move de ancestral spirits go different location.[3] De name of de falls dey cam from a snake spirit, Lumangwe, wey dem say edey stretch einself for de Lumangwe falls plus de Kabwelume Falls, a distance of roughly 5 km.
Ecology
[edit | edit source]Slightly downstream from Lumangwe Falls be de only known location of de flower Zygotritonia atropurpurea, wey Peter Goldblatt et al. identify insyd 2019.[6]
References
[edit | edit source]- ↑ "Lumangwe Falls". Zambia Tourism (in American English). Retrieved 2022-02-16.
- ↑ "Lumangwe Falls - The Largest Waterfall Entirely in Zambia". World of Waterfalls (in American English). Retrieved 2022-02-16.
- 1 2 "Lumangwe Falls: Uncovering Luapula's hidden beauty". Zambia Daily Mail. 6 August 2017. Retrieved 16 February 2022.
- ↑ Olivotos, Spiros; Niedermann, Samuel; Flügel, Tyrel; Mouslopoulou, Vasiliki; Merchel, Silke; Cotterill, Fenton; Bookhagen, Bodo; Gärtner, Andreas; Rugel, Georg; Scharf, Andreas; Nadeau, Marie-Josée (2021-05-15). "Quaternary landscape evolution in a tectonically active rift basin (paleo-lake Mweru, south-central Africa)". Geomorphology (in English). 381 107669. doi:10.1016/j.geomorph.2021.107669. hdl:11250/2980842. ISSN 0169-555X. S2CID 233907951.
- ↑ Mwamulowe, Kagosi; Nyambe, Imasiku Anayawa (2021), "The Use of Geoheritage, Geopark and Geotourism Concepts to Conserve and Sustain Tourism Development in Zambia", in Singh, R.B.; Wei, Dongying; Anand, Subhash (eds.), Global Geographical Heritage, Geoparks and Geotourism: Geoconservation and Development, Advances in Geographical and Environmental Sciences (in English), Singapore: Springer, pp. 381–405, doi:10.1007/978-981-15-4956-4_20, ISBN 978-981-15-4956-4, S2CID 228872242
- ↑ Goldblatt, P.; Manning, J. C.; Wightman, N.; McCleland, W. (2019-08-01). "Zygotritonia atropurpurea (Iridaceae: Crocoideae), a new local endemic species from northern Zambia of this small tropical African genus". South African Journal of Botany (in English). 124: 20–22. doi:10.1016/j.sajb.2019.04.016. ISSN 0254-6299. S2CID 182781330.