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Kafue

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Kafue (käf`ā), river, c.600 mi (970 km) long, rising along the Zambia-Congo border, S central Africa, near Lubumbashi, and meandering through central Zambia to the Zambezi River. It provides water to Zambia's Copperbelt Copperbelt, mining region, N central Zambia, central Africa. A natural extension of the mineral-rich region of Katanga , the Copperbelt is one of the richest sources of copper in the world. Cobalt, selenium, silver, and gold are also produced.
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. The lower Kafue valley is fertile. A plant at Kafue Gorge generates hydroelectricity.


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First discovered in the 1930's, the Lubembe North deposit is hosted in Lower Roan sediments on the northern margin of the Kafue anticline and appears to be associated with basement faulting.
This includes the 9 kilometer strike extension of the Lubembe Copper deposit located on the northern edge of the Kafue anticline, 35 kilometers from the famous Zambian copper-cobalt open-pit at Nchanga (3.
 
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