Luapula

American  

[loo-uh-poo-luh] / ˌlu əˈpu lə /

noun

1. a river in S central Africa, flowing E and N along the border between Zambia and the Democratic Republic of the Congo to Lake Mweru. About 300 miles (485 km) long.

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Example Sentences

The next important fact to be observed is that a larger river than any of them, called the Luapula, runs out of the lake into Lake Moero.

From Great African Travellers From Mungo Park to Livingstone and Stanley by Kingston, William Henry Giles

The watershed extends westwards to beyond Casembe, and the Luapula, or Chambezé, rises in the same parallels of latitude as does the Lofu and the Lonzna.

From The Last Journals of David Livingstone, in Central Africa, from 1865 to His Death, Volume I (of 2), 1866-1868 by Waller, Horace

In the Luapula and its tributaries he discovered the headwaters of the Congo River and then continued on to Victoria Falls and Rhodesia.

From An African Adventure by Marcosson, Isaac Frederick

Again, speaking to Susi, in Suaheli this time, he said, "Sikun'gapi kuenda Luapula?"

From The Last Journals of David Livingstone, in Central Africa, from 1865 to His Death, Volume II (of 2), 1869-1873 Continued By A Narrative Of His Last Moments And Sufferings, Obtained From His Faithful Servants Chuma And Susi by Waller, Horace

Without entering the lake the Chambezi mingles its waters in the swamp with those of the Luapula.

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