Kogin Lungwebungu

Kogin Lungwebungu
General information
Tsawo	645 km
Labarin ƙasa
Tsarin Daidaiton Labarin Kasa	13°25′S 22°00′E
Kasa	Angola da Zambiya
Hydrography (en)
Tributary (en)	duba Q21406894 Lutembwe (en)
River mouth (en)	Kogin Zambezi

Kogin Lungwebungu

Kogin Lungwebungu (a Angola Lungué Bungo ) na Tsakiyar Afirka shine mafi girman magudanar ruwa ta Kogin Zambezi na sama. Tushen ruwan Lungwebungu yana tsakiyar Angola a tsayin 1,400 metres (4,600 ft), kuma tana gudana kudu maso gabas ta fadin yankin kudancin Afirka. A cikin 50 kilometres (31 mi) ya haɓaka halin da yake riƙewa a mafi yawan hanyoyinsa, na magudanar ruwa masu rikitarwa, tare da tashoshi da yawa da tafkunan oxbow, a cikin wani magudanar ruwa mai faɗi kimanin 800 m (2,600 ft) faɗin wanda hakan ke cikin wani ƙaramin kwari mai ambaliyar ruwa 3 to 5 km (1.9 to 3.1 mi) faɗi, ambaliyar ruwa ta mamaye shi a lokacin damina.

Gefen ambaliyar ruwan fari ne da aka rufe da dajin siriri. Babban magudanar ruwa yana girma daga 50 m (160 ft) faɗin zuwa 200 m (660 ft) faɗinsa kusa da Zambezi, kuma ambaliyar ruwansa ta faɗaɗa ba zato ba tsammani yayin da take haɗuwa da Zambezi, a farkon ambaliyar Barotse, wanda yake da 25 km (16 mi) faɗi a wannan lokacin.

Wani binciken da aka yi a shekarar 2021 ya gano cewa kogin gida ne ga wani nau'in Hippopotamyrus wanda ya bambanta da sauran layin kifi.

Duk da cewa kogin yana da matuƙar amfani ga mutanen da ke zaune kusa da shi a matsayin tushen kifaye, amma magudanar ruwansa ta sa bai dace da jigilar ruwa ba sai a lokacin damina lokacin da kwale-kwale da ƙananan kwale-kwale za su iya tafiya a cikin ruwan ambaliyar.