Flowing down a gentle gradient, the river often spills onto floodplains during the rainy season.
Published Apr 6, 2013
The swampy wetlands that surround Zambia’s Kafue River were submerged with water on February 14, 2008. The river floods seasonally, but the rainy season of 2007-2008 caused exceptional flooding across southern Africa. Under the influence of unusually intense rains, the Kafue River spanned tens of kilometers.
Published Feb 16, 2008
Zambia’s Chambeshi River had been transformed from a barely visible line to a broad lake more than 20 kilometers wide on February 6, 2007. Many rivers in southern Africa, including the Zambezi, pushed over their banks in early 2007 under the onslaught of an exceptionally early and heavy rainy season.
Published Feb 13, 2007
