River in Rukwa Region, Tanzania and Mbala District, Zambia
Kalambo River
Kalambo Falls
Location
Country
Rukwa Region, Tanzania
Country
Northern Province, Zambia
Physical characteristics
Source
Ufipa Plateau
• location
Zambia
• elevation
1,800 m (5,900 ft)
Mouth
Lake Tanganyika
• location
Tanzania
• elevation
770 m (2,530 ft)
Length
50 km (31 mi)
The Kalambo River forms part of the border between Zambia and Tanzania. It is a comparatively small stream which rises on the Ufipa Plateau in Rukwa Region,Tanzania north-east of Mbala at an elevation of about 1800 m and descends into the Albertine Rift, entering the southeastern end of Lake Tanganyika at an elevation of about 770 m, in a straight-line distance of only about 50 km.[citation needed] This accounts for its main claim to fame, its waterfall, Kalambo Falls, which is Africa's second highest falls (after South Africa's Tugela Falls). Below the falls, the river runs in a deep gorge.[citation needed]
The site of the river includes important archaeological sites.
The KalamboRiver forms part of the border between Zambia and Tanzania. It is a comparatively small stream which rises on the Ufipa Plateau in Rukwa Region...
The Kalambo Falls on the KalamboRiver is a 235-metre (772 ft) single-drop waterfall on the border of Zambia and Rukwa Region, Tanzania at the southeast...
contains the Kalambo Falls Prehistoric Site. The structure and accompanying tools were recovered in 2019 at Site BLB around the KalamboRiver. [citation...
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Area is Zanzibar's largest marine protected area. The Kalambo Falls, located on the KalamboRiver at the Zambian border, is the second-highest uninterrupted...
suckermouth (Chiloglanis kalambo) is a species of upside-down catfish endemic to Tanzania where it occurs in the KalamboRiver. This species grows to a...
Kalambo District is one of the four districts of the Rukwa Region of Tanzania, East Africa. The administrative seat is in Matai. The KalamboRiver flows...
derives from the Zambezi River (Zambezi may mean "the grand river"). Archaeological excavation work on the Zambezi Valley and Kalambo Falls shows a succession...
DRC (40%) possessing the majority of the lake. It drains into the Congo River system and ultimately into the Atlantic Ocean.[citation needed] Lake Tanganyika...
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the plateau drains into Lake Tangankyika. The KalamboRiver drains the central plateau, and forms Kalambo Falls as it descends the escarpment towards Lake...
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shores of lake Tanganyika. They then climbed eastwards to cross the Kalamboriver above the falls and a little to the north of the frontier between the...
original on 2012-06-04. Retrieved 2011-12-19. Clark, John Desmond (1969). Kalambo Falls prehistoric site, Volume 1. CUP Archive. Erfurt-Cooper, Patricia;...
Memorial (Crash site)". UNESCO World Heritage Centre. Retrieved 2023-11-20. "Kalambo falls archaeological site (prehistoric settlement site)". UNESCO World...
Desmond (1969). Kalambo Falls prehistoric site, Volume 1. CUP Archive. Davies, Bryan Robert; Walker, Keith F. (1986). The Ecology of river systems. Springer...
distribution of the region's area among the districts. The smallest district is Kalambo, which makes up only 15.99% of the region's total area. Three significant...
of Al Minya in Egypt Matai, Tanzania, a town and administrative seat of Kalambo District, Tanzania Matai, New Zealand, a locality in the Matamata-Piako...
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