Luapula River
The Luapula River is a north-flowing river of central Africa, within the Congo River watershed. It rises in the wetlands of Lake Bangweulu, which are fed by the Chambeshi River.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Stream
- Description: river in central Africa
- Also known as: “Lwapula”
Luapula River
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: DR Congo, Central Africa, Africa
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Satellite Map
Discover Luapula River from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Western Panjabi—“Luapula River” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Luapularivier”
- Asturian: “Ríu Luapula”
- Bulgarian: “Луапула (река)”
- Bulgarian: “Луапула”
- Catalan: “Luapula”
- Cebuano: “Luapula”
- Chinese: “卢阿普拉河”
- Chinese: “盧阿普拉河”
- Czech: “Luapula”
- Danish: “Luapula (flod)”
- Danish: “Luapula”
- Dutch: “Luapula”
- Estonian: “Luapula jõgi”
- Finnish: “Luapula”
- French: “Luapula”
- French: “Lwapula”
- Georgian: “ლუაპულა”
- German: “Luapula”
- Hebrew: “נהר לואפולה”
- Hungarian: “Luapula”
- Indonesian: “Sungai Luapula”
- Irish: “Abhainn Luapula”
- Italian: “Luapula”
- Japanese: “ルアプラ川”
- Kinyarwanda: “Umugezi wa Luapula”
- Latvian: “Luapula”
- Lithuanian: “Luapula”
- Malayalam: “ല്വപൂല നദി”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Luapula”
- Norwegian: “Luapula”
- Persian: “رود لوآپولا”
- Persian: “رود لواپولا”
- Polish: “Luapula”
- Russian: “Луапуда”
- Russian: “Луапула”
- Slovenian: “Luapula”
- Spanish: “Luapula”
- Spanish: “Rio Luapula”
- Spanish: “Río Luapula”
- Swahili: “Luapula”
- Swahili: “Lwapula”
- Swedish: “Luapulafloden”
- Ukrainian: “Луапула”
- Venetian: “Fiume Luapula”
- Welsh: “Afon Luapula”
- Western Panjabi: “لواپولا دریا”
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Notable Places Nearby
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