Chambeshi River

The Chambeshi River of northeastern is the most remote headstream of the and therefore it is considered the source of the Congo River.
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  • Type: Stream
  • Description: river in Zambia
  • Also known as: Chambeze River”, “Chambezi”, and “Chambezi River

Chambeshi River

Latitude
-11.82363° or 11° 49′ 25″ south
Longitude
29.88711° or 29° 53′ 14″ east
Elevation
1,165 metres (3,822 feet)
Open location code
5GWF5VGP+GR
Geo­Names ID
920832
Wiki­data ID
Q777999
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Western Panjabi—“Chambeshi River” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: Chambeshirivier
  • Asturian: Ríu Chambeshi
  • Belarusian: Рака Чамбешы
  • Belarusian: Чамбешы
  • Bosnian: Chambeshi
  • Catalan: Riu Chambeshi
  • Cebuano: Chambeshi
  • Cebuano: Chambesi
  • Chinese: 謙比西河
  • Chuvash: Чамбези
  • Czech: Chambeshi
  • Danish: Chambeshi-floden
  • Dutch: Chambeshi River
  • Dutch: Chambeshi
  • Esperanto: Ĉambeŝi
  • French: Chambeshi
  • Fulah: Chambeshi River
  • Georgian: ჩამბეში
  • German: Chambeshi
  • Hausa: Kogin Chambeshi
  • Hebrew: נהר צ’מבשי
  • Indonesian: Sungai Chambeshi
  • Irish: Abhainn Chambeshi
  • Italian: Chambeshi
  • Japanese: チャンベシ川
  • Latvian: Čambeši
  • Lithuanian: Čambešis
  • Malayalam: ഛംബെശി നദി
  • Mingrelian: ჩამბეში
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Chambeshi
  • Norwegian: Chambeshi
  • Polish: Chambeshi
  • Portuguese: Rio Chambeshi
  • Russian: Чамбези
  • Russian: Чамбеши
  • Serbian: Чамбеши
  • Slovenian: Chambeshi
  • Spanish: Rio Chambeshi
  • Spanish: Río Chambeshi
  • Swahili: Chambeshi
  • Turkish: Çambesi Nehri
  • Vietnamese: Chambeshi
  • Welsh: Afon Chambeshi
  • Western Panjabi: چمبیشی دریا

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About Mapcarta. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Chambeshi River”. Photo: CHILESHE KWESELA, CC BY-SA 4.0.