Habitat
Upemba National Park is located between Latitude 9°5’ and 8°45’ South and Longitude 25°50’ and 27°10’ East. At the time of its creation on the 15th May 1939 the park had a surface area of 17,730km² and was the largest park in Africa. In July 1975, the limits were revised and today the integral park has an area of 10,000km² with an annex of a further 3,000km². The habitat of the park varies from grassland at higher altitudes, forests and woodland and lakes and wetlands.
Lake Upemba has a maximum depth reported to be only 3.2 meters and it is a site of intense algae growth. The watercourses of the region fluctuate according to the season and the water level in the lake is high from March to June and low from October to January. Many of the bodies of the water in the area are characterized by extensive swamps, with Papyrus, Nile lettuce and Water caltrop among other species.
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