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Luangwa River, 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) south of Luangwa Bridge In addition to being a source of water, the oxbow lakes and pools increase the biodiversity of the valley in other ways. The hippopotami which live in them feed on land vegetation at night.
The terrestrial ecoregions of Zambia, superimposed on a map of the provinces. Numbers refer to points in the text. [1] Rough estimates of the percentage of the country covered as given below are for the original or natural state of the area before urbanisation and agriculture has modified it. The numbers relate to the location labels on the map.
South Luangwa National Park is in eastern Zambia, the southernmost of three national parks in the valley of the Luangwa River. It is a wildlife haven which is known to locals simply as "the South Park." [1] Concentrations of game along the meandering Luangwa River and its lagoons are amongst the most intense in
Most of the Luangwa Valley is protected by national parks or GMAs comprising one of the world's greatest wildlife areas: North Luangwa National Park, South Luangwa National Park, Luambe National Park and Lukusuzi National Parks, and Munyamadzi, Musalangu, Mukumgule, Lupande, Lumimba, Sandwe, Chisomo GMAs. Animals are plentiful and mostly well ...
Nsumbu National Park (also known as Sumbu) — once ranked with Kafue and Luangwa, needs redevelopment but has good wildlife potential and offers lakeside game viewing, three lodges; Nyika National Park — famous for its highland scenery and vegetation rather than wildlife; one lodge, but reached from the park of the same name in Malawi
The protected areas in the Republic of Zambia include a variety of conservation areas that are critical for preserving the country's unique wildlife and natural resources. [1] [2] These protected areas are managed by the Zambia Wildlife Authority and other organizations, and they include national parks, biosphere reserves, wildlife reserves, nature reserves, scientific reserves, community ...
Like its neighbours, it is located in the Luangwa River rift valley. The small park (300 km 2 ) lies on the flat valley bottom, next to the river. The ecoregion at the site is Zambezian and Mopane woodlands , a woodland savanna type more tolerant of the hotter drier conditions at the bottom of the valley than the Miombo woodland savanna which ...
The Luangwa Valley in Eastern Province has one of the best managed wild life areas in Zambia. [8] South Luangwa National Park (although most of it lies outside the province, its management and the only public road access is from the province), North Luangwa National Park in Northern Province , Luambe National Park and Lukusuzi National Park are ...