Kitwe City proper.
The Kafue River ran through Kitwe City. It had been one of Zambia's major rivers in the previous life, originating in the mountainous region north of East Africa's Copperbelt and eventually flowing through Lusaka City before joining the Zambezi River.
Its course overlapped with the Copperbelt, especially the direction of the copper deposits within East Africa's Central Province. It could be said that this river had been the most important river in Zambia in the previous life.
Its length, drainage area, and surrounding economy had all held important positions in Zambia in the previous life, while Kitwe City lay along its upper reaches.
The upper and middle reaches of the Kafue River had relatively gentle terrain, with numerous tributaries nourishing vast stretches of Central Province. Yet less than twenty kilometers downstream, the terrain changed abruptly, creating abundant hydropower resources.
However, this had also greatly diminished its value for shipping. Thus, the East African government had restored local shipping value through artificial canals, and Kitwe City had benefited greatly as a result.
However, following the Kitwe City economic conference, the Kitwe City government had also made new decisions regarding the treatment of the Kafue, this "Mother River."
Debern said, "The Kafue River is Kitwe City's Mother River. In the past, due to economic development, we inflicted extremely serious ecological damage upon it."
"The main issue was the discharge of industrial and domestic wastewater, which had caused an extremely severe impact on the Kafue River within our territory."
"At the same time, social and productive activities along its banks had also harmed the Kafue River, such as overgrazing, logging rainforests, destroying riverside vegetation, and so on."
"This had made the Kafue River's water quality extremely poor while causing serious soil erosion. Therefore, the Kafue River and other rivers within