Kafubu River is a river in the

Copperbelt Province Copperbelt Province is a province in Zambia which covers the mineral-rich Copperbelt, and farming and bush areas to the south. It was the backbone of the Northern Rhodesian economy during British colonial rule and fuelled the hopes of the immedi ...

Zambia Zambia (), officially the Republic of Zambia, is a landlocked country at the crossroads of Central, Southern and East Africa, although it is typically referred to as being in Southern Africa at its most central point. Its neighbours are t ...

. It starts in

Ndola Ndola is the third largest city in Zambia and third in terms of size and population, with a population of 475,194 (''2010 census provisional''), after the capital, Lusaka, and Kitwe, and the second largest in terms of infrastructure development aft ...

and it cuts through the city's main area westwards into the area in-between Levy Mwanawasa Stadium and Masala before turning southwards after Masala and continuing through the

Luanshya Luanshya is a town in Zambia, in the Copperbelt Province near Ndola. It has a population of 117,579 (2008 census). Luanshya was founded in the early part of the 20th century after two prospector/explorer, William Collier shot and killed a Roan A ...

and Masaiti districts to join the

Kafue River The Kafue River is the longest river lying wholly within Zambia at about long. Its water is used for irrigation and for hydroelectric power. It is the largest tributary of the Zambezi, and of Zambia's principal rivers, it is the most central ...

Stream

Its source is in

, just north of the Ndola Boat Club (water reservoir) (south-east of the Chipulukusu suburb). It forms the border between the Ndola Central and Itawa suburbs, heading westwards. After passing under the T3 Road south of Ndola Golf Club, it forms the border between the Masala and Hillcrest suburbs, before forming the border between the Lubuto and Twapia suburbs of Ndola. Just after Twapia, the river goes southwards, becoming the Kafubu Dam, to leave Ndola District. Just after passing under the M6 Road, the Kafubu River turns westwards and forms the border between Luanshya District and Masaiti District up to a point north-west of Masaiti Town. It continues westwards, joined by the Kafulafuta River west of Masaiti Town. From the Kafulafuta River confluence, it forms the border between Masaiti District and Mpongwe District up to the point where Masaiti District, Mpongwe District and Lufwanyama District form a

tri-border area A tripoint, trijunction, triple point, or tri-border area is a geographical point at which the boundaries of three countries or subnational entities meet. There are 175 international tripoints as of 2020. Nearly half are situated in rivers, la ...

. This is where the Kafubu River ends by forming a confluence with the

External links

https://www.mindat.org/feature-915886.html https://geographic.org/geographic_names/name.php?uni=-3154087&fid=6746&c=zambia https://mapcarta.com/14177450 https://afrotourism.com/attraction/kafubu-river/ http://www.getamap.net/maps/zambia/copperbelt/_kafuburiver/

References

Rivers of Zambia {{Zambia-river-stub