(However, by volume of water, the Lualaba River provides a greater streamflow to the Congo.)

The Chambeshi rises as a stream in the mountains of northeast Zambia near Lake Tanganyika at an elevation of 1,760 metres (5,770 ft) above sea level.

By the end of the rainy season in May, the river delivers a flood which recharges the wetlands and inundates the Zambesian grasslands to the southeast.

The water then flows out of the wetlands as the Luapula River.

This article related to a river in Zambia is a stub.