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Hydrogeological Map of Zambia 1 : 250.000 Hydrogeological Map of Zambia 360000 380000 400000 420000 440000 460000 480000 500000 520000 25° 45'E 26° 0'E 26° 15'E 26° 30'E 26° 45'E 27° 0'E 27° 15'E Southern Province 25° E 26° E 27° E 28° E 29° E Ma k u n ka Loongo Si mongel a First Edition 2007 1 Nzovu L L Mu s u lwe Ch i e f's HQ Shikabuba a 2 AQUIFER CATEGORY u 1 Nangoma l 00 0 1 10 0 1 Namukombo a n 2 0 fu t 1 00 a 1 g 20 100 0 Nyambo a 0 Mu c h a b i Aquifer in which flow is mainly intergranular 950 M Kela It a pi r a Ka bwul e un Shal andwe Ag rome t Kangumbea g Munyema Lulonga Luta le us 16 2 5 m Shikabuwa Nan go ma ") ") h #* i Lutali Lutanga Seasonal Siting extensive and highly productive aquifer Ka bw e M ET Shilibelo 900 1 Itezhi-Tezhi 2 Nan sen ga 0 1 ZAMBIA 0 0 0 1 ZA MB I A 0 2 0 0 local or discontinuous productive aquifer or L 85 1 u L fwa 105 0 en u nse m Bapamba ") a o m p l e x extensive but only moderately productive aquifer ou s C Mwanapeza Ka oma M ET n e g Baunza I Lwa mwa nza k ") Kandikwa Lusemfwa Graben Banga o 1 Fissured aquifer, including karst aquifer 15° S o Mumbw a M E T 1 0 H 0 0 15° 30'S 100 15° 30'S C Lukomezi hon extensive and highly productive aquifer Lusaka City Airport ") g Muwezwa chiefs HQ 800 w Central e 120 0 L ") Lusaka u Mt. 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Ai r por t p afu 11 0 0 local or discontinuous productive aquifer or a K ") 11 11 0 0 00 800 1 Mumbwa Lus aka zi mbe 0 0 extensive but only moderately productive aquifer Za 0 ") Plateau n Banga e 0 Luk wato Ka fue Fla ts b 0 a 0 0 Ka fu e P ol de r r 1 Stratum forming insignificant aquifer ") 0 800 00 800 00 G 1 1 Mbum a 82 82 i Ma goy e Agr ome t z Ma s e n i e Baunza 16° S b Ta p is h a 120 0 Itez hi- m 100 0 minor aquifer with local and limited groundwater resource a 1 20 0 Tezhi 00 Z 1 2 Lake Mbuma Namalonga stratum with essentially no groundwater resource 75 0 ") Ka r i ba Sauti Munembo Luw ato Lake Kari ba 0 Ir o n Lu m i n a Chief's HQ stratum with intermediate characteristics Ch oma M E T 1 0 Lonchinvar 1 Store 11 0 0 ") t Lagoon n 00 ") 120 0 Mung as iya 11 e Ka r oi Kauz wa e unclassified stratum Choma - Kalomo m u Luk ome zi a f p K 17° S Bloc k r a 750 c S s an ya E ti Itezhi-Tezhi Banga intergranular fl ow fissured 700 ZIMBABWE Shi mbi zi 800 NAMIBIA Kabaza A C 1 0 0 0 i Livingsto ne MET t ") Z Itezhi-Tezhi an ") a i Chibila y Kasane m bez in 65 0 aquifers L 600 1 : 3,000,000 B D 600 00 600 00 18° S Namwala 00 550 015 306090 10 82 82 Gw ai km BOTSWANA 1 0 00 15° 45'S 15° 45'S ") Kafue Flats (& minor tributaries) E Kafue Flats 0 0 Rainfall 1 2 Elevation [m a.s.l.] Shantanda Source: Metrological Department, Zambia; Namw ala and 0 0 < 400 > 900 - 1000 >1500 - 1600 F (long-term2 data exceeding 25 years) 1 Nanda non aquifers Lochinvar ") rainfall station > 400 - 500 >1000 - 1100 Lagoon Southern Tributaries meanLwangandu seas onal > 500 - 600 >1100 - 1200 boundary of 750 11 0 0 Aquifer classification system (after Struckmeyer & Margat, 1995) rainfall in mm Southern Province > 600 - 700 >1200 - 1300 Chunga For further explanations: catchment boundary Itezhi-Tezhi international boundary Nkhoma, J. & Bäumle, R. (2007): Groundwater Resources for Southern Province > 700 - 800 >1300 - 1400 – A Manual with Explanations for the Use of the Hydrogeological Maps; 18 p.- 1 : 250,000 Namu son de Yu m a 1 DWA & BGR; Lusaka, Hannover. 0 > 800 - 900 >1400 - 1500 current map 0 0 Mu l im a s h ib i Namw ala Kabulala Namulyonto 100 0 0 Musa 0 1 It i f w e Hikafwaya 1 It u 400 00 400 00 82 82 Itezhi-Tezhi Mo o b a Kwichila HYDROLOGY TOPOGRAPHY Ulw afu li Sikaleta Namwala 0 0 1 0 Monze Nak oye ") 100 0 100 0 lake, reservoir, main river, dam district center or other large settlement 0 0 Gwisho 1 0 Chi pan gul a Gwisho W pan ¸ hut, village Lul on ga Bwanda 16° 0'S Nama kak a 16° 0'S Kamonwa Minor swamp or marsh ÅÅ school Nkala Shamapula Nam ulula Kasonkomo Rivers " Muny eke dambo (type of shallow wetland) v health facility Kasaka Sikaleta Lul on ga Mu b u wa Chi ton go large river with perennial / seasonal or intermittent runoff trunk road 11 0 0 Ulwafuli & Namakaka river or large stream with perennial / seasonal or intermittent runoff main road Nanzhila Kafwifwi Shapuy a Nka la Kwichila 200 00 200 00 stream with perennial / seasonal or intermittent runoff district road 82 82 11 00 Monze 1 0 00 Chitongo catchment boundary of surface water track Cho ma Shikapashi sub-catchment boundary of surface water with name railway Kazu ni kulila Cha nza 0 Lufua 0 1 1 750 contour line in meter [a.s.l.], contour interval 100m Southern Namb aza Kwichila Ma n g u wa Kanyele 1 1 0 Kamu nga GROUNDWATER FEATURES Itezhi-Tezhi 0 district boundary with name Kaku shi Monze 11 0 0 Shumbwamuntu Ma k o n ka !O group (3-12) of water points provincial boundary with name Kaluma Shapiwa Ma b o l a Ð!! Mpi nda Mand a borehole with hand pump Central In di am a la 105 0 international boundary 16° 15'S F!! 16° 15'S 11 0 0 borehole with submersible pump Shapiwa Mapanza 2 00 Kampongo Chibengelele 1 !! hand dug-well with bucket and windlass Authorities: This map is not an authority on the delimitation of cadastral boundaries. 000 00 000 00 Sunda Mbila 82 82 Kasha Shimane Kasane !! Kompa hand dug-well with hand pump Shikalyamalime Cha kaw a 1 1 kk 0 wind pump Ntibwe 0 Katimba Mukamufu Lungunya 0 0 1 E 1 Bwen gw a dry borehole 11 0 0 Nac hiko 11 0 0 1 Mwen e w a pa nd a 1 0 0 !!*! thermal spring Gwisho Nanzhila Sianzingu Chitonkolo á regional groundwater flow direction Kasa ng al a Munyeke Kale-kale piezometric surface, contour line in meters [a.s.l.], Musarwa 500 Winsiwinsi contour interval 50m Si atontol a 1 2 0 0 Bwen za masu mu Reliability: This map provides an overview of the hydrogeological setting at the respective scale. Chibimbi S Macha Siting of successful boreholes requires more detailed investigations by a professional hy drogeologist. Cha muka Chibimbi N 800 00 800 00 1 20 0 Dim ba 81 81 Mosali 11 0 0 Shabukululu Kasa ka Mwezi Siluku ya Kanjola Kalumbu Sianzingu Kamb aba l a 16° 30'S 16° 30'S Bwengwa 24° E 27° E 30° E 33° E Nav ia vio ka 120 0 LITHOLOGY Tanganyika TAN Z AN IA Lun ji na Sema hwa R. Hydrogeological Maps 1 bu 120 0 ufu 2 L 0 Sedimentary Rock of Zambia Mweru 0 Mweru Wantipa 9°S 9°S Scale: 1 : 250,000 K a C 120 0 l u Ngonga ng h w is am Mu n s a ka hi b unconsolidated or semi-consolidated gravel, sand, silt and clay e shi 1 Lu a p u l a Luapula 2 DR of C ONGO uo ngo 00 L Lu b a 125 0 n s e ns h Semahwa i 11 0 0 120 0 limestone / dolomite la u Momba p a u L Magoye Bangweulu Northern Mpan go !( !( !( !( !( Choma l a Hachitema Chilala 1 ANGOLA 2 sandstone and conglomerate – example: aquifer category D – e 0 w 0 !( !( !( !( !( L Kamuchima Mond e Muklenneuk N o Mukuni p Nab ola m o 12° S b 12° S Kalomo W a Sportsman's Den K Magoye e s undifferentiated sandstone, siltstone and mudstone Luswishi t L u n g Maliko a MALAW I Muklenneuk Main Kabuzu Bbilili e fu 600 00 600 00 North Wes tern K a mudstone, siltstone and shale Lungwe bung u 81 81 130 0 Easte rn a Co pp er be lt g n Mahu mba gwe u Nan kulu Do n L i h 1 Centra l s Dim ba 3 0 sedimentary (clastic) a s a 0 Luang in ga Lue u na Lukanga Swamp k w Siakaunda u g L n L a a uns m fw u e L L 120 0 300 u Dongafuba 1 am p ZA MB IA a Igneous Rock 15° S 15° S Chezya LUSAKA Ch ongwe Chika ka Lusa ka ###### "/ MOZAM BIQUE Barotse Floodplain Zam bezi Shantambo S ##### o ut he Ka fue r Kaunga n L ###### Fl at s basic extrusive (basalt) u et i Kaf u e Fl at s & 1 Kazungula 3 Northern Kariba Lake & 0 3 0 0 Wes tern Southern Tributaries 0 1 13 Kafue Gorge Chibe be 0 0 #* #* #* #* #* #* Musamaneni 11 5 0 C #* #* #* #* #* u Southern Ka r iba extrusive, undifferentiated – example: aquifer category D – a n #* #* #* #* #* #* do Nan jili 0 Southern Kariba Namu kub a 0 D D D D 3 0 La ke & K alomo 1 0 Chobe/Zambezi Kasaya 16° 45'S 3 D D D D m 1 16° 45'S Z basic to ultra-basic intrusive a b e zi Chiso wa NA MIB IA DD D DD DD D DD Malombwa 18° S ZI MB AB WE 18° S D D D D D Sika ba nd a BOTSWAN A 1 : 10,000,000 Mp u m p u ta Nama ta Simatanga D D D D D D acid to intermediate intrusive 24° E 27° E 30° E 33° E 1 D D D D D Siamapepa 3 0 0 Madi am pau la 130 0 Sibanyati Metamorphic Rock Nak abu la Kalomo Choma Aut hors: 0 0 R.
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