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| Source: CIA World Factbook |
Zambia is a landlocked country in southern Africa. It borders the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the north, Tanzania on the north-east, Malawi on the east, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Botswana, and Namibia to the south, and Angola on the west. Formerly Northern Rhodesia, the country is named after the Zambezi River.
Zambia is drained by two major river basins: the Zambezi River basin, in the south; and the Congo River basin, in the north. Of the two basins, the part of Zambia drained by the Zambezi River basin is about three-quarters of the country's total area.
The part drained by the Congo River basin is about a quarter of the country's total area. The climate is predominately tropical and modified by altitude; rainy season October to April. The country covers are area of 752,614 square kilometers [more...] |