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...=10.1006/jfbi.1994.1121}}</ref> but ''H. vittatus'' is the only freshwater fish proven to prey on birds in flight.<ref>[http://www.universityherald.com/art ...ldest lineage appears to be that of ''Hydrocynus goliath'', while lineages of ''H. brevis'' and ''H. forskahlii'' diverged in the Late Miocene and [[Plio

...'''[[Zambezi]]''' (sometimes spelt Zambesi) is the fourth largest river in Africa, and the largest to flow into the Indian Ocean. Zambezi or Zambesi may also *[[Zambezi, Zambia]], a town in the North-Western Province of Zambia

...he same as) the [[Nile perch]] in [[Lake Victoria]]. All of these pelagic fish have suffered from [[overfishing]] in the last two decades. ...g.uuuq.com/farming.htm |archivedate=2011-01-26 |df= }} ,Something Fishy... Fish Farming in Zimbabwe.</ref>

...cs" in William M. Adams, ''et al.'' (editors), ''The Physical geography of Africa'' (Oxford: University Press, 1996), p. 152</ref> ==Characteristics of dambos==

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...suddenly broadens as it merges with that of the Zambezi, at the beginning of the [[Barotse Floodplain]], which is 25&nbsp;km wide at that point. The length of the river is about 645&nbsp;km but so extreme and tight is its meandering t

...we. Lake Kariba was filled between 1958 and 1963 following the completion of the [[Kariba Dam]] at its northeastern end, flooding the [[Kariba Gorge]] o The Zimbabwean town of [[Kariba, Zimbabwe|Kariba]] was built for construction workers on the lake'

...Flats|Kafue Flats]]. The town of [[Itezhi-Tezhi]] rests to the north side of the dam. ...|m}} and forms a reservoir of {{convert|390|km2}}, which flooded a section of the [[Kafue National Park]].

| Image = Flag of Zambia.svg ...een field with an orange coloured eagle in flight over a rectangular block of three vertical stripes coloured from left to right in red, black and orange

.../visibleearth.nasa.gov/view_rec.php?id=6926 "Seasonal Flooding in Southern Africa".] ''NASA/Visible Earth'', Credit: Jacques Descloitres, MODIS Rapid Respons ...]. It is a designated [[Ramsar Convention|Ramsar site]], regarded as being of high conservation value.<ref>[http://www.wetlands.org/reports/ris/1ZM007_20

...rk]] in 1957, who found faunal remains and quartz tools in the western end of the site. ...of Gwisho hot-springs was excavated in 1963-1964. It provided an abundance of economic

...in the dry season. It is one of the biggest unaltered rivers in Southern Africa and the 20,000 square miles (around 50,000 square kilometers) that make up ...d valley. About 150&nbsp;km from its source it has dropped to an elevation of about 690&nbsp;m and becomes a meandering river with a flood-plain several

...hrough the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), in support of the fight against HIV/AIDS. ...United States has provided considerable emergency food aid during periods of drought and flooding through the World Food Program (WFP) and is a major co

...s and [[hippopotamus]]es. It is one of the best-known national parks in [[Africa]] for [[walking safari]]s. Founded as a [[game reserve]] in 1938, it becam ...], and as access to the park is only from that side, it is usually thought of as being wholly in Eastern Province.

|caption = Southern end of the lake from space, June 1993 (false color) |basin_countries = [[Zambia]]<br>Democratic Republic of the Congo

...me|second largest freshwater lake]] in the world by volume, and the [[List of lakes by depth|second deepest]], in both cases, after only [[Lake Baikal]] ...and [[Zambia]], with Tanzania (46%) and DRC (40%) possessing the majority of the lake. The water flows into the [[Congo River]] system and ultimately in

[[File:Luapula River.jpg|thumb|The Luapula River, a branch of the Congo River, flows north into Lake Mweru]] ...tent of the Luapula Swamps is shown by the solid blue line, and the extent of the floodplain is shown as a dotted line. The towns are, in Zambia: 1 Chien

|settlement_type = [[Provinces of Zambia|Province]] |map_caption = Map of the Northern Province showing its districts.

[[Image:ZM-Mpika.png|right|225px|Location of Mpika in Zambia]] ...and vast Miombo plains to the west. The town has an estimated population of 40,000 inhabitants (2008), while the district population is estimated 150,0

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