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fiogf49gjkf0d ZAMBIA COVERS 750,000 SQ KM AND LIES IN THE TROPICAL BELT
OF SOUTH CENTRAL AFRICA. THE COUNTRY IS ON A HIGH PLATEAU
AVERAGING 1,300 METERS ABOVE SEA LEVEL. THE COUNTRY IS
LANDLOCKED BUT HAS MANY LAKES AND RIVERS WITH BEACHES.
ZAMBIA IS THE SOURCE OF TWO GREAT AFRICAN RIVERS, THE ZAIRE
AND THE ZAMBEZI, THE LATTER THREADS ITS WAY FOR 2,500 KM
TO THE INDIAN OCEAN AND EMBRACES EN ROUTE TWO OF ZAMBIA'S
OUTSTANDING FEATURES, VICTORIA FALLS AND THE VAST MAN-MADE
LAKE OF KARIBA. THE ZAMBEZI RIVER AT VICTORIA FALLS POURS
DOWN OVER A 1,000M WIDE EXPANSE INTO A CHASM 100M BELOW.
ZAMBIA POSSESSES TWO OF THE LARGEST AREAS SET ASIDE FOR THE
PRESERVATION OF WILDLIFE IN THE WHOLE AFRICAN CONTINENT -
THE LUANGWA NATIONAL PARK, 9,050 SQ KM; AND THE KAFUE
NATIONAL PARK, 22,500 SQ KMS.
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