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.- Type: Waterfall
- Description: Rapids on Luapula river
- Also known as: “chutes Johnson”, “Chutes Johnston”, “chutes Mambilima”, “Johnston Falls”, “Johnstone”, “Johnstone Falls”, “Luapula falls”, “Mambilima falls”, and “Rapides Johnson”
Mambilima Falls
- Category: body of water
- Location: Haut-Katanga, DR Congo, Central Africa, Africa
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-10.57583° or 10° 34′ 33″ southLongitude
28.66998° or 28° 40′ 12″ eastElevation
940 metres (3,084 feet)Open location code
5GXCCMF9+MXOpenStreetMap ID
node 6248868264OpenStreetMap feature
waterway=waterfall
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Mambilima Falls” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Johnston Falls”
- German: “Mambilimafälle”
- Swedish: “Mambilimafallen”
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