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Kalungwishi River

The 883rd longest river in the world

km

The Kalungwishi River is one of the largest rivers wholly within Zambia, in the Northern and Luapula Provinces, and is famous for its Lumangwe Falls. It rises on the Kasama-Mporokoso plateau and discharges into Lake Mweru so is part of the upper reaches of the Congo River basin.

Flows through: Zambia.

River data from Wikidata (CC0); lengths normalised to a common unit.

Other major rivers

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  2. Nile6,650 km
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