Luangwa River
The Luangwa River is one of the major tributaries of the Zambezi River, and one of the four biggest rivers of Zambia. The river generally floods in the rainy season and then falls considerably in the dry season.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Stream
- Description: river in Zambia
- Also known as: “Loangwa”, “Rio Aruangua Grande”, “Rio Luangua”, and “Songole”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Luangwa and Zumbo.
Luangwa
Town
Luangwa is a town in Zambia, at the confluence of the Luangwa and Zambezi Rivers, which was called Feira until 1964. It is headquarters of a district of the same name in Lusaka Province. Luangwa is situated 3 km southwest of Luangwa River.
Zumbo
Town
Zumbo is the westernmost town in Mozambique, on the Zambezi River. Lying on the north-east bank of the Zambezi-Luangwa River confluence, it is a border town, with Zambia across the Luangwa River and Zimbabwe diagonally across the Zambezi and 2 km upstream. Zumbo is situated 3½ km southeast of Luangwa River.
Luangwa River
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: Mozambique, Southern Africa, Africa
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Welsh—“Luangwa River” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Luangwa-rivier”
- Asturian: “Ríu Luangwa”
- Belarusian: “Луангва”
- Belarusian: “Рака Луангва”
- Bulgarian: “Луангва”
- Catalan: “Riu Luangwa”
- Cebuano: “Luangwa River”
- Chinese: “卢安瓜河”
- Chinese: “盧安瓜河”
- Chuvash: “Луангва”
- Czech: “Luangwa”
- Danish: “Luangwa”
- Dutch: “Luangwa”
- Esperanto: “Rivero Luangvo”
- French: “Luangwa”
- French: “Rivière Luangwa”
- Georgian: “ლუანგვა”
- German: “Luangwa”
- Hebrew: “נהר לואנגווה”
- Hindi: “लुंग्वा नदी”
- Indonesian: “Sungai Luangwa”
- Irish: “Abhainn Luangwa”
- Italian: “Luangwa”
- Japanese: “ルアングワ川”
- Korean: “루앙과강”
- Latvian: “Luangva”
- Lithuanian: “Luangva”
- Malayalam: “ലുവാങ്ഗ്വ നദി”
- Mingrelian: “ლუანგვა”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Luangwa”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Luangwa”
- Norwegian: “Luangwa”
- Polish: “Luangua”
- Polish: “Luangwa”
- Portuguese: “Rio Aruângua”
- Portuguese: “Rio Luangwa”
- Russian: “Аруангуа”
- Russian: “Лвангва”
- Russian: “Луангва”
- South Azerbaijani: “لوانقوآ چایی”
- Spanish: “Luangwa”
- Spanish: “Rio Luangwa”
- Spanish: “Río Luangwa”
- Swahili: “Luangwa”
- Swahili: “Mto Luangwa”
- Swedish: “Luangwa River”
- Swedish: “Luangwa”
- Swedish: “Luangwafloden”
- Thai: “แม่น้ำลูอังวา”
- Turkish: “Luangwa Nehri”
- Ukrainian: “Луангва”
- Vietnamese: “Sông Luangwa”
- Welsh: “Afon Luangwa”
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