Upemba Depression

The Upemba Depression is a large marshy bowl area in the comprising some fifty lakes, including 22 of relatively large size including .
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  • Marsh
  • …lies at an elevation of 562 metres (1,844 feet)
  • Description: lake
  • Also known as
    “Belgida marecageuse de I’Upemba”
    “Kamalondo Depression”

Upemba Depression

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Latitude
-8.6° or 8° 36′ south
Longitude
26.4° or 26° 24′ east
Open location code
6G38CC22+22
Geo­Names ID
10041137
Wiki­data ID
Q681743

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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Ukrainian—“Upemba Depression” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Depresioni Kamalondo”
  • Arabic: “اكتئاب كامالوندو”
  • Armenian: “Կամալոնդո դեպրեսիա”
  • Chinese: “烏朋巴窪地”
  • Croatian: “Depresija Upemba”
  • Dutch: “Kamalondo-depressie”
  • French: “Dépression de Kamalondo”
  • Hebrew: “דיכאון קמאלונדו”
  • Hungarian: “Upemba-medence”
  • Japanese: “ウペンバ低地”
  • Lingala: “Komitungisa ya Kamalondo”
  • Portuguese: “Depressão Kamalondo”
  • Portuguese: “Depressão Upemba”
  • Russian: “Впадина Упемба”
  • Spanish: “Depresion de Kamalondo”
  • Spanish: “Depresión de Kamalondo”
  • Spanish: “Depresion del Upemba”
  • Spanish: “Depresión del Upemba”
  • Swahili: “Bonde la Kamalondo”
  • Swedish: “Upembasänkan”
  • Ukrainian: “Депресія Камалондо”

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