# Kabompo River

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The **Kabompo River** is one of the main [tributaries](/source/Tributary) of the upper [Zambezi River](/source/Zambezi_River). It flows entirely in [Zambia](/source/Zambia), rising to the east of the source of the Zambezi, in [North-Western Province](/source/North-Western_Province,_Zambia).[1] It is rumoured to be the second deepest river in Africa and one of the top five in the world, although substantiated records of river depth are yet to be published.

## Geography

The Kabompo River flows south-west through [miombo woodland](/source/Miombo_woodland), then a remote [Cryptosepalum dry forest](/source/Ecoregions_of_Zambia#Cryptosepalum_dry_forest) ecoregion, with the [West Lunga National Park](/source/West_Lunga_National_Park) on its west bank.[citation needed] After flowing past the town of [Kabompo](/source/Kabompo), it develops a swampy floodplain up to 5 km wide. The [Kabompo Ferry](/source/Kabompo_Ferry) on its lower course carries the main north–south gravel highway on the eastern side of the Zambezi. The river enters the Zambezi north of the town of [Lukulu](/source/Lukulu), at the north end of the [Barotse Floodplain](/source/Barotse_Floodplain).[citation needed] Its main tributaries are the West Lunga River which flows from the north, and the Dongwe River from the east.

## See also

- [List of rivers of Africa](/source/List_of_rivers_of_Africa)

## References

1. Richard Beilfuss. 2012. *A Risky Climate for Southern African Hydro*. Berkeley, USA: International Rivers.

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