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Wildlife in Luangwa Valley, Zambia

Snow-white cattle egrets drift in to feed on the insects stirred up by a herd of African buffalo in the lush Luangwa Valley of Zambia. Hippos, elephants, giraffes, lions, leopards, and scores of other species flourish in this savanna-woodland watershed, watered by the Luangwa River. Every year the river floods and spills onto the surrounding land, making the broad valley impassable by road for nearly six months.

Photograph by Frans Lanting