Luapula River

This article is about the river. For the genus of crickets, see Laupala.
The Luapula River is the middle stretch in red.
The Luapula (bottom) forms a swampy delta where it enters Lake Mweru (center, in black), as shown in this false-colour NASA satellite image. Blue lines mark the swamp and its islands (9, 10); a dotted line marks the river's floodplain (11). Red dots (1–8) are towns. See note for full legend.[note 1]

The Luapula River is a north-flowing river of central Africa, within the Congo River watershed.[note 2] It rises in the wetlands of Lake Bangweulu (Zambia), which are fed by the Chambeshi River. The Luapula flows west then north, marking the border between Zambia and the Democratic Republic of the Congo before emptying into Lake Mweru. The river gives its name to Zambia's Luapula Province.[2]


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  1. ^ Pourtier, Roland and Sautter, Gilles François. "Congo River". Encyclopedia Britannica, 19 Feb. 2024, https://www.britannica.com/place/Congo-River. Accessed 8 March 2024
  2. ^ Terracarta/International Travel Maps, Vancouver Canada: "Zambia, 2nd edition", 2000