page_title: Lake Zimbambo
hierarchical_section_title: Lake Zimbambo
caption_attribution_description: English: Lake Upemba, Zaire June 1993 This striking photograph shows a series of dark freshwater lakes strung together in a general northeast-southwest alignment in southern Zaire. The brilliant red of the color infrared film indicates a vibrant growth of lush vegetation throughout the area, especially in the marshlands separating the lakes. The largest area of open water is Lake Upemba, bordered on the east and southeast by Upemba National Park; specific open water channels are visible within the densely vegetated swampland between the rivers. Water moves through the complex maze of rivers, freshwater marshes, and broad floodplains generally toward the north into the Lualaba River, which eventually becomes the Zaire (Congo) River. The Lufira River winds its way between two northeast-southwest-trending, low mountain ranges as it flows northward into the floodplain. (Refer to STS-057-104-063 for a photograph of Lake Mweru, located due east of Lake Upemba on the Zaire-Zambia border.)
context_page_description: Lake Zimbambo is a lake in the Malemba-Nkulu Territory of Haut-Lomami Province, in the southern Democratic Republic of the Congo.
  It is one of the lakes in the Upemba Depression, an extensive marshy area.
  The Lualaba River enters the depression about 40 kilometres after leaving Lake Delcommune.
  The depression is a trough-like graben about 400 kilometres long and 100 kilometres wide, running from the southwest to the northeast. The trough is about 1,000 metres above sea level at its southwest end, sloping steeply down to an elevation of 610 metres, where it flattens out and is filled by lakes and marshes for a distance of 225 kilometres in a belt that is 37 kilometres wide on average.
  The river generally flows through the marshes between the lakes, to which it is connected by narrow channels.
context_section_description: Lake Zimbambo is a lake in the Malemba-Nkulu Territory of Haut-Lomami Province, in the southern Democratic Republic of the Congo. 
  It is one of the lakes in the Upemba Depression, an extensive marshy area.
  The Lualaba River enters the depression about 40 kilometres (25 mi) after leaving Lake Delcommune.
  The depression is a trough-like graben about 400 kilometres (250 mi) long and 100 kilometres (62 mi) wide, running from the southwest to the northeast. The trough is about 1,000 metres (3,300 ft) above sea level at its southwest end, sloping steeply down to an elevation of 610 metres (2,000 ft), where it flattens out and is filled by lakes and marshes for a distance of 225 kilometres (140 mi) in a belt that is 37 kilometres (23 mi) wide on average.
  The river generally flows through the marshes between the lakes, to which it is connected by narrow channels.
caption: Upemba Depression lakes. Zimbambo to the extreme northeast
exif: {"Image ImageWidth": "5700", "Image ImageLength": "6000", "Image BitsPerSample": "[16, 16, 16]", "Image Compression": "Uncompressed", "Image PhotometricInterpretation": "2", "Image ImageDescription": "STS057-104-62", "Image Orientation": "Horizontal (normal)", "Image SamplesPerPixel": "3", "Image XResolution": "300", "Image YResolution": "300", "Image PlanarConfiguration": "1", "Image ResolutionUnit": "Pixels/Inch", "Image Software": "Adobe Photoshop", "Image DateTime": "2018:01:19 22:24:32", "Image Artist": "Crew of STS-57", "Image Copyright": "NASA", "Image ExifOffset": "312", "Thumbnail Compression": "JPEG (old-style)", "Thumbnail XResolution": "72", "Thumbnail YResolution": "72", "Thumbnail ResolutionUnit": "Pixels/Inch", "EXIF DateTimeOriginal": "1993:06:28 10:31:13", "EXIF DateTimeDigitized": "2011:12:15 01:08:50", "EXIF FocalLength": "250", "EXIF ExifImageWidth": "5274", "EXIF ExifImageLength": "5274"}