Mweru

Mweru is the country around a great lake fed by the Luapula River. At its southern end the river spreads across a floodplain with numerous lagoons, while the Luvua drains the lake north-westward into the Lualaba. In the eighteenth century, Lunda rulers established the kingdom of Kazembe near the lake, making the lower Luapula valley a centre of authority in the eastern Lunda world.