Katanga Plateau

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The Katanga Plateau is a highland region in southeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo known for its elevated terrain and rich mineral resources, particularly copper and cobalt.

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Label Occurrences
Katanga Plateau canonical 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf geographical region
plateau
borderingCountry Angola NERFINISHED
Zambia NERFINISHED
climate tropical savanna climate
containsCity Kolwezi NERFINISHED
Likasi NERFINISHED
Lubumbashi NERFINISHED
country Democratic Republic of the Congo
drainageBasin Congo River basin NERFINISHED
Zambezi River basin NERFINISHED
economicActivity cobalt extraction
copper extraction
mining
economicImportanceFor Democratic Republic of the Congo NERFINISHED
elevation generally between 1000 and 1500 metres above sea level
environmentalIssue deforestation
land degradation from mining
water pollution from mining activities
geology Precambrian rocks
metamorphic rocks
sedimentary rocks
hasLandUse pastoralism
subsistence agriculture
historicalRegionName Shaba (during Zaire period) NERFINISHED
knownFor cobalt deposits
copper deposits
mining industry
rich mineral resources
locatedIn Katanga region NERFINISHED
southeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo
locatedInTimeZone Central Africa Time NERFINISHED
locatedOnContinent Africa
naturalResource coal
cobalt
copper
manganese
tin
uranium
zinc
partOf Central African Copperbelt NERFINISHED
Katanga Copperbelt NERFINISHED
regionType mining region
relativeLocation north of Zambian Copperbelt
terrain highland
vegetation miombo woodland
savanna grassland

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Subject: Katanga Plateau
Description of subject: The Katanga Plateau is a highland region in southeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo known for its elevated terrain and rich mineral resources, particularly copper and cobalt.

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

Lualaba River sourceRegion Katanga Plateau