Mambatuta Falls
The Mambatuta Falls is a steep waterfall on the Luapula River, which originates in Lake Bangweulu and flows through Zambia and along the border with the Democratic Republic of the Congo into Lake Mweru.- Type: Waterfall
- Description: steep waterfall on the Luapula River
- Also known as: “chutes Giraud”, “chutes Mambatuta”, “Giraud”, “Mambatuta falls”, “Mombottouta”, “Mombouttouta”, “Mumbatuta”, “Mumbotuta Falls”, “Mumbotuto”, and “Mumbutata”
Mambatuta Falls
- Category: body of water
- Location: DR Congo, Central Africa, Africa
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Latitude
-12.37448° or 12° 22′ 28″ south
Longitude
29.21224° or 29° 12′ 44″ east
Elevation
1,157 metres (3,796 feet)
Open location code
5GVFJ6G6+6V
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
waterway=waterfall
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Tswana—“Mambatuta Falls” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Mambatuta-waterval”
- French: “Chutes de Mambatuta”
- German: “Mambatutafälle”
- Ghanaian Pidgin English: “Mambatuta Falls”
- Hausa: “Magudanar Ruwa ta Mambatuta”
- Lingala: “Chutes ya Mambatuta”
- Swahili: “Maporomoko ya Mambatuta”
- Swedish: “Mambatutafallen”
- Tswana: “Diphororo tsa Mambatuta”
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