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.
- Stream
- …lies at an elevation of 341 metres (1,119 feet)
- Description: river in Zambia
- Also known as“Loangwa”“Rio Aruangua Grande”“Rio Luangua”“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 is situated 3 km southwest of Luangwa River.
Zumbo
Town
Zumbo is the westernmost town in Mozambique, on the Zambezi River. Zumbo is situated 3½ km southeast of Luangwa River.
Luangwa River
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Latitude
-15.6° or 15° 36′ south
Longitude
30.41667° or 30° 25′ east
Open location code
5GPGCC28+2M
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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”
- 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”
- Ghanaian Pidgin English: “Luangwa River”
- Hausa: “Kogin 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”
- Slovenian: “Luangva”
- Somali: “Webiga Luangwa”
- 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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