The world / Zambia
Zambia
Capital: Lusaka
- Zambia has about 242 mammal species and roughly 490 known fish species in 24 families.
- The Zambezi and Kafue basin covers about three-quarters of the country, and the Congo basin about one-quarter.
- Zambia's highest point is Mafinga Central, at 2,339 metres (7,674 feet).
- David Livingstone named Victoria Falls after Queen Victoria, and the falls sit on the Zambezi River.