Bulozi Plain

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Bulozi Plain is a vast seasonal floodplain in western Zambia, central to the culture and traditional kingdom of the Lozi people.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Bulozi Plain canonical 1
Liuwa Plain 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf floodplain ⓘ
geographical region ⓘ
administrativeContext part of Barotseland region in Zambia ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Barotse Floodplain ⓘ
associatedEthnicGroup Lozi ⓘ
associatedKingdom Barotse Kingdom ⓘ
linked to: Barotseland Kingdom

Lozi Kingdom ⓘ
linked to: Lozi kingdom
associatedPeople Lozi people ⓘ
associatedRiver Zambezi River ⓘ
biodiversity supports diverse aquatic and bird species ⓘ
ceremonialEvent Kuomboka ceremony ⓘ
climate tropical savanna climate ⓘ
continent Africa ⓘ
country Zambia ⓘ
culturalSignificance central to Lozi culture ⓘ
drainageBasin Zambezi River basin ⓘ
linked to: Zambezi Basin
drySeasonUse settlement and cultivation ⓘ
ecologicalSignificance important wetland habitat ⓘ
economicActivity cattle herding ⓘ
fishing ⓘ
subsistence farming ⓘ
floodingSeason rainy season ⓘ
floodPeakMonths around March and April ⓘ
floodRegime annual inundation ⓘ
governingTraditionalAuthority Litunga ⓘ
heritageStatus recognized as a major cultural landscape of the Lozi ⓘ
historicalRegionOf Barotseland ⓘ
linked to: Barotseland region
hydrologicalType seasonal floodplain ⓘ
importanceToFoodSecurity key agricultural zone for Lozi communities ⓘ
landUse flood-recession agriculture ⓘ
seasonal cattle grazing ⓘ
languageRegion Silozi ⓘ
locatedIn Western Province, Zambia ⓘ
western Zambia ⓘ
mainSettlement Lealui ⓘ
Limulunga ⓘ
Mongu ⓘ
navigation used as a waterway during high floods ⓘ
politicalSignificance core area of the Barotse Kingdom ⓘ
risk seasonal flooding ⓘ
roleInKuomboka route of Litunga’s annual move between palaces ⓘ
seasonalPopulationMovement transhumance of people and cattle ⓘ
soilType alluvial soils ⓘ
terrain flat alluvial plain ⓘ
traditionalCapitalRegionOf Litunga of the Lozi ⓘ
traditionalName Barotse Floodplain ⓘ
transportModeDuringFloods canoes ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Barotse Floodplain → alsoKnownAs → Bulozi Plain ⓘ
Western Province, Zambia → hasGeographicalFeature → Liuwa Plain ⓘ
linked to: Bulozi Plain