Key facts about Zambia

About Zambia:

• It is a landlocked country in south-central Africa.
• It is situated on a high plateau and takes its name from the Zambezi River, which drains all but a small northern part of the country.
• Bordering countries:
  • It is bounded to the north by the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and to the south by Zimbabwe and Botswana.
  • Tanzania borders the country to the north-east, Malawi to the west and Mozambique to the southeast. Angola borders Zambia to the west and Namibia to the southwest.
• Economy: Zambia’s economy is heavily dependent on mining, in particular the mining of copper.
• Most Zambians speak Bantu languages of the Niger-Congo language family.
• Major water fall:Victoria Falls on Zambezi River.
• Zambia is home to Lake Kariba, the largest artificially created reservoir in the world by volume. It was created by constructing the Kariba Dam on the Zambezi River,
• Capital city: Lusaka

Q1: What is plateau?

It is an extensive area of flat upland usually bounded by an escarpment (i.e., steep slope) on all sides but sometimes enclosed by mountains. The essential criteria for plateaus are low relative relief and some altitude.

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