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Barotse Floodplain

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A vast seasonal floodplain of the upper Zambezi River in western Zambia, home of the Lozi people and their traditional Kuomboka ceremony marking the annual move to higher ground as the floodwaters rise. It is one of the largest floodplain wetlands in southern Africa.

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