Mambilima Falls
Mambilima Falls is a series of rapids on the Luapula River on the boundary between Zambia and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The falls used to be called the Johnstone Falls.- Waterfall
- …lies at an elevation of around 940 metres (3,080 feet)
- …was formerly known as “chutes Johnson”
- Description: rapids on Luapula river
- Also known as“Chutes Johnston”“chutes Mambilima”“Johnston Falls”“Johnstone”“Johnstone Falls”“Luapula falls”“Rapides Johnson”
- Category: body of water
- Location
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Latitude
-10.57583° or 10° 34′ 33″ south
Longitude
28.66998° or 28° 40′ 12″ east
Open location code
5GXCCMF9+MX
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Tswana—“Mambilima Falls” goes by many names.
Johnston FallsCebuano
Johnston FallsGhanaian Pidgin English
Johnstone FallsGhanaian Pidgin English
Luapula fallsGhanaian Pidgin English
Mambilima FallsGhanaian Pidgin English
Magudanar Ruwa ta MambilimaHausa
Chutes ya MambilimaLingala
Maporomoko JohnstoneSwahili
Maporomoko ya MambilimaSwahili
MambilimafallenSwedish
Diphororo tsa MambilimaTswana
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