Kafue River

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river

The Kafue River is one of Zambia’s major rivers, flowing through the Kafue Flats and Kafue National Park before joining the Zambezi and supporting significant hydropower, agriculture, and wildlife habitats.

Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form As subject As object
Kafue 0 1

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf river →
associatedProtectedArea Blue Lagoon National Park →
Kafue National Park →
Lochinvar National Park →
basinCountry Zambia →
basinSizeApproxKm2 155000 →
continent Africa →
country Zambia →
flowsThrough Central Province →
Copperbelt Province →
Kafue Flats →
Kafue National Park →
Lusaka Province →
Southern Province →
formsReservoir Itezhi-Tezhi Dam →
surface form: Itezhi-Tezhi Reservoir
formsWetland Kafue Flats →
hasEcosystemType floodplain →
riverine woodland →
wetland →
hasEnvironmentalIssue habitat degradation →
overfishing →
water pollution from agriculture →
water pollution from mining →
hasFloodRegulationStructure Itezhi-Tezhi Dam →
hasHydropowerDam Itezhi-Tezhi Dam →
Kafue Gorge Lower Power Station →
Kafue Gorge Upper Power Station →
isMajorTributaryOf Zambezi River →
languageRegion Bemba-speaking areas →
Nyanja-speaking areas →
lengthApproxKm 1576 →
majorCityOnRiver Chingola →
Kafue River self-linksurface differs →
surface form: Kafue

Kitwe →
Mazabuka →
Mufulira →
mouthCountry Zambia →
mouthLocation Zambezi River →
partOf Zambezi Basin →
surface form: Zambezi River basin
sourceCountry Zambia →
sourceRegion Northwestern Zambia →
supports fisheries →
hydropower generation →
irrigated agriculture →
wildlife habitats →
tributaryOf Zambezi River →
usedFor domestic water supply →
industrial water supply →
livestock watering →
tourism →
transportation (local) →

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Zambia → hasRiver → Kafue River →
Zambezi River → hasTributary → Kafue River →
Northwestern Zambia → headwatersOf → Kafue River →
Kafue River → majorCityOnRiver → Kafue River self-linksurface differs →
this entity surface form: Kafue