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Bangweulu

American  
[bang-wee-oo-loo] / ˌbæŋ wiˈu lu /

noun

  1. a shallow lake and swamp in NE Zambia. About 150 miles (240 km) long.


Bangweulu British  
/ ˌbæŋwɪˈuːlʊ /

noun

  1. a shallow lake in NE Zambia, discovered by David Livingstone, who died there in 1873. Area: about 9850 sq km (3800 sq miles), including swamps

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That was just a few days before his own wretched and lonely death, near the edge of the Bangweulu swamp in present-day Zambia.

From The Guardian Aug. 26, 2011

A sandy track separates Bangweulu from Kampolombo, and a narrow forest-clad tongue of land called Kapata intervenes between the Luapula and Kampolombo.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy" by Various

The Luapula, which leaves Bangweulu at its most southern point, is about a mile wide at the outflow, but soon narrows to 300 or so yds.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy" by Various

The most remote head-stream of the Congo is the Chambezi, which flows south-west into the marshy Lake Bangweulu.

From The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 by Project Gutenberg

In 1882-1884 the French naval lieutenant Victor Giraud proceeded by the north of Nyasa to Lake Bangweulu, of which he made the first fairly correct map.

From The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 by Project Gutenberg

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