What is "luangwa"

Luangwa may refer to:

• Luangwa River, the major river of eastern Zambia
• Luangwa Bridge, which crosses the Luangwa River
• Luangwa River (Mporokoso), a tributary of the Kalungwishi River in Mporokoso District, Zambia;
• Luangwa, Zambia, a town in Zambia at the confluence of the Luangwa and Zambezi Rivers, and previously called Feira;
• Luangwa District of eastern Lusaka Province, Zambia, of which Luangwa town is the headquarters;
• South Luangwa National Park
• North Luangwa National Park
• Luangwa - a genus of the cynodont (mammal-like reptiles]) clade

Luangwa is a genus of traversodontid cynodonts. The species Luangwa drysdalli was discovered 1963 in the valley of the Luangwa river in Zambia, Africa. Luangwa lived in the Triassic period 240 Million years ago.

In July 2008, a skull of Luangwa sudamericana was found in the Brazilian town of Dona Francisca ( Rio Grande do Sul), which is part of the Geopark Paleorrota. The discovery was made by the team of the ULBRA.