Barotse Floodplain
The Barotse Floodplain, also known as the Bulozi Plain, Lyondo, Ngulu, or the Zambezi Floodplain, is one of Africa's great wetlands, on the Zambezi River in the Western Province of Zambia.
Photo: NASA, Public domain.- Type: Plain
- Description: also known as the Zambezi Floodplain, a wetland on the Zambezi River
- Also known as: “Barotse Flood Plain”, “Barotse Plains”, and “Bulozi Plain”
Barotse Floodplain
- Categories: floodplain, plain, and landform
- Location: Western Province, Zambia, Southern Africa, Africa
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-15.66667° or 15° 40′ south
Longitude
23.16667° or 23° 10′ east
Elevation
1,009 metres (3,310 feet)
Open location code
5GP585M8+8M
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Satellite Map
Discover Barotse Floodplain from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Spanish—“Barotse Floodplain” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Barotse Flood Plain”
- French: “Plaine inondable Barotse”
- German: “Barotse-Überschwemmungsebene”
- Hausa: “Filin Ambaliyar Barotse”
- Igbo: “Ala Mmiri nke Barotse”
- Indonesian: “Dataran Banjir Barotse”
- Japanese: “バロツェ”
- Japanese: “バロツェ氾濫原”
- Polish: “Barotse Floodplain”
- Spanish: “Llanura Bulozi”
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