Kabwelume Falls
Kabwelume Falls is a waterfall on the Kalungwishi River in the Northern Province of Zambia. The falls is about 6 km down stream of Lumangwe Falls. When viewed at peak water volume, a month after the wet season, the falls makes a spectacular semi circle of falling water.
Shula, Public domain.- Waterfall
- …lies at an elevation of 1,116 metres (3,661 feet)
- …is also known as “Kabweluma Falls”
- …stands 25 metres (82 feet) tall
- …is 70 metres (230 feet) wide
- Description: waterfall in Zambia
- Category: body of water
- Location
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Latitude
-9.5253° or 9° 31′ 31″ south
Longitude
29.35133° or 29° 21′ 5″ east
Open location code
6G2FF9F2+VG
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OpenStreetMap feature
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Tswana—“Kabwelume Falls” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Kabwelume-waterval”
- Catalan: “Cascades Kabwelume”
- Cebuano: “Kabweluma Falls”
- Fulah: “Kabwelume Falls”
- German: “Kabwelumafälle”
- Ghanaian Pidgin English: “Kabweluma Falls”
- Ghanaian Pidgin English: “Kabwelume Falls”
- Japanese: “カブウェルメ滝”
- Russian: “Кабвелума”
- Tswana: “Diphororo tsa Kabwelume”
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Notable Places Nearby
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