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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  • Type: Marsh
  • Description: lake
  • Also known as: Belgida marecageuse de I’Upemba” and “Kamalondo Depression

Upemba Depression

Latitude
-8.6° or 8° 36′ south
Longitude
26.4° or 26° 24′ east
Elevation
562 metres (1,844 feet)
Open location code
6G38CC22+22
Geo­Names ID
10041137
Wiki­data ID
Q681743
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Satellite Map

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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
  • 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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