Luangwa Catchment<\/h5>\n
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Luangwa Catchment is one of Zambia’s six\u00a0 Catchment areas. It gets its name from the Luangwa River, which originates in the Mafinga Hills of the Luangwa-Lake Malawi watershed in the north-eastern part of Zambia. It flows over a stretch of 850 km till confluence with the Zambezi River in Luangwa District at Faira. The Luangwa River Catchment (LRC) is approximately 145,690.33 Km2 within Zambian territory and it lies between latitudes 9o30\u201d North and 15o40\u201d South, and between longitudes 28o00\u201d West and 33o45\u201d East. The Luangwa Rive has its sources at an Elevation of over 2100 at Mafinga Hills and ends at an elevation of less than 370 at Feira. This represents the largest drop in elevation of any river in Zambia. The river also has extensive flood plains in some parts that have alluvial aquifers that act as key groundwater sources for the rural population in Eastern Parts of Zambia. In comparison to other large Catchments, namely, the Zambezi and Kafue Basins, the Luangwa is the least disturbed. This is supported by the fact that the Luangwa Catchment has sustained and defined ecosystems of a number of critical conservation areas such as National Game Parks, Game Management Areas, National Forests, Forest Reserves and Local Forests. Some of these are listed below;<\/p>\n
\nThe Luangwa Catchment is the third largest in Zambia after the Zambezi Main River and Kafue Catchments. Administratively it lies in five provinces, namely (largest to smallest in terms of areas): Muchinga, Eastern, Central, Lusaka and Copperbelt.
\nThe Catchment forms the International Boundaries with Malawi to the East, DR Congo to the North West and Mozambique and Zimbabwe to the South. Among the features that defines its extents are watersheds namely the Muchinga Escarpment to the North, the Lake Malawi to the East, Kafue the west, Congo in the North-West and Lower Zambezi in the South. For those interested in deepening their knowledge of hydrological or geographical studies in the region, you can also explore professional assistance with bachelorarbeit schreiben lassen<\/a> to ensure your research and thesis writing meet the highest academic standards.<\/p>\nNatural Environment in the Luangwa Catchment<\/h5>\n
| South Lunagwa National Park No 1 \nNorth Luangwa National Park No\u00a0 2 \nLukusuzi National Park No 3 \nSandwe Game Management Area Nos\u00a0 6 & 10 \nLuano Game Management Area No 15 \nPetauke Game Management Area No 17 \nCiyisomo Game Management Area No 18 \nPart of Lower Zambezi National Park No 19<\/td>\n | Lupande Game Management Area No 20 \nLumina Game Mangement Area No 21 \nMunyamadzi Geme Management Area No 24 \nRufunsa Game Management Area Nos 35 & 36 \n<\/span><\/span>Lundazi National Forest No 24 \nNorth Swaka National Forest Nos 40 & 46 \nMkushi \u00a0Heawaters National Forest No 115 \nMachinje Hills National Forest No 230 \n<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n Economic and Food Security importance of Luangwa Catchment<\/h5>\nThe human population of the Catchment is low in numbers, mostly clustered in the main urban centres. Subsistence agriculture occurs along the river network in areas with fertile soils. The Catchment is home to two of the prominent commercial agricultural areas in Zambia, namely, the Mkushi\/ Chitina Farm Block and Chibombo\/ Chisamba Farm Block. In these farm blocks are large-scale irrigation activities that heavily dependent on available water resources. Mkushi\/ Chitina Farm Blocks depends on surface water sources from the Lunsemfwa River and its tributaries, whereas Chibombo\/ Chisamba Farm Block and some commercial farms around Kabwe relies on Groundwater from some of the highly productive carbonate (Dolomitic) aquifers in Zambia. In addition the carbonate dolomitic aquifer in Kabwe very critical as it is the only sources of municipal water supply for Kabwe Town.
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