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Bangweulu
Concise Dictionary of World Place-Names
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Bangweulu, Zambia A lake meaning ‘Large Water’ in Bantu.
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The big trip: WATCH THE BIRDIE Braving leeches and watersnakes, Stephanie Debere heads into a vast Zambian swamp to see the giant shoebill, one of the most extraordinary creatures on earth
Newspaper article from: The Independent on Sunday; 5/23/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...dying in Zambia's seemingly endless Bangweulu Swamps. After several hours' wading...scale of these vast, flat wetlands: Bangweulu means "where the water meets the sky...Packed with wildlife, the swamps and Lake Bangweulu, to the north-west, were declared...
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Dr Livingstone, I resume
Newspaper article from: Scotland on Sunday; 12/26/1999; ; 700+ words
; ...flushed with green, towards the distant Bangweulu swamps. Dr David Livingstone had also...down the Chambesi River and cross the Bangweulu Swamps, by canoe and on foot, to Chitambo...river to Kabinga, at the edge of Lake Bangweulu where the Chambeshi splinters into myriad...
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HOT STUFF
Newspaper article from: The Sunday Telegraph London; 10/21/2007; 476 words
; Bats about bats? Then head for the Bangweulu Swamps in Zambia's Kasanka National Park. Every year around...must book by October 30. Bats about bats? Then head for the Bangweulu Swamps in Zambia's Kasanka National Park. Every year around...
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SHRIMP U-Pb zircon and Sm-Nd garnet ages from the granulite-facies basement of SE Kenya: evidence for Neoproterozoic polycyclic assembly of the Mozambique Belt
Magazine article from: Journal of the Geological Society; 1/1/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...collision between Neoproterozoic India and the Congo-Tanzania-Bangweulu continent (Dewey & Burke 1972; McWilliams 1981; Key...the collision of India with an assembled Congo-Azania-Bangweulu continent. The strongly deformed granulite-facies metamorphic...
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AMBASSADOR MARTINEZ SPEAKS AT HANDOVER CEREMONY AT SAMFYA HEALTH CENTER
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News; 5/23/2006; 700+ words
; ...as a water ambulance for patients from the Islands in Lake Bangweulu and for supportive supervision duties by the district and...coming to Samfya to see the white sands on the shores of Lake Bangweulu. Later today I will be visiting the 'place where the water...
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Robert E. Petersen 1926-2007.
Magazine article from: Sports Afield; 6/1/2007; 700+ words
; ...or dire would be the consequence. I accepted this as Gospel; bosses have their rights. On the first day in Zambia's Bangweulu, 1996, Mr. Petersen and I headed for sitatunga stands. Mr. P had a swollen knee, so he chose a stand relatively close...
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Adventures in Africa;Seeking Out Wildlife in the Untamed Reaches of Zambia
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 2/22/1987; ; 700+ words
; ...now of the opinion that the pills are more of a risk than the malaria. We didn't see a single mosquito in the swamps of Bangweulu. It was too cold. For the first half of our trip, our group of six writers from Egland traveled in the footsteps of David...
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El viajero; David Livingstone, 1813-1873(TT: The traveler; David Livingstone, 1813-1873)
Magazine article from: Tribuna de Actualidad; 7/28/1997; 376 words
; ...aventuras, cartografi casi toda Africa, luch contra el trfico de esclavos y descubri las cataratas Victoria. Lo cuenta todo, menos su muerte (por disentera), junto al lago Bangweulu, en Viajes e investigaciones en Africa del Sur.
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Lies and daring: Revealing StanleyBOOKS & IDEAS
Newspaper article from: International Herald Tribune; 9/29/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...echoes for our own time.Burton and Speke poked at the edges of Lake Victoria, and Livingstone walked in circles around Lake Bangweulu speculating on the source of the Nile, pretending to be a missionary. Jeal was the first to reveal in his 1973 life of Livingstone...
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Research and Markets: Tourism Grows in Zambia - a Country That is Listed as One of the 49 'Least Developed Countries' in the World.
Business Wire; 2/21/2006; 700+ words
; ...Lake Kariba Lusaka Lochinvar National Park Kafue National Park North and South Luangwa National Park Kasanka National Park Bangweulu Swamps Sumbu National Park Liuwa Plain National Park Activities Safaris Bird watching Cultural tourism and ecotourism Adventure...
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Bangweulu
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Bangweulu or Bangweolo , lake and swamps, c.3,800 sq mi (9,840 sq km...largely by the flooding of the lower Chambeshi River, which enters Lake Bangweulu from the east. The lake is drained in the S by the Luapula River, a...
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Zambia
Encyclopedia entry from: Junior Worldmark Encyclopedia of Physical Geography
...Lake Tanganyika. 6 INLAND LAKES Lakes Bangweulu, Mweru, and Tanganyika all are located...Democratic Republic of the Congo. Lake Bangweulu is the smallest of the three northern...miles). The Luapala River drains Lake Bangweulu; the lake, combined with several smaller...
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Bemba
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Cultures Supplement
...xB0; to 32 ° E. It rises from the lowlands of Lake Bangweulu and the Luapula Valley to the south and west and Lake Tanganyika...the north and east. The Chambeshi River, which feeds Lake Bangweulu and forms part of the southern Congo drainage basin, meanders...
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Congo
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...River has its most remote source in the Chambeshi River, which rises in N Zambia and flows southwest into swamps around Lake Bangweulu; it emerges from the swamps as the Luapula River, continues N along the Congo (Kinshasa)-Zambia border into Lake Mweru...
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