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The Congo River, [a] formerly also known as the Zaire River, ... The Congo basin covers ten countries and accounts for about 13% of Africa.
Isangi people living on the Congo River. The basin ends where the river empties into the Gulf of Guinea on the Atlantic Ocean. The basin is a total of 3.7 million square kilometers and is home to some of the largest undisturbed stands of tropical rainforest on the planet, in addition to large wetlands. Countries wholly or partially in the Congo ...
This is a list of rivers in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. This list is arranged by drainage basin, with respective tributaries indented under each larger stream's name. This list is arranged by drainage basin, with respective tributaries indented under each larger stream's name.
River Bordering countries Akanyaru River Rwanda and Burundi: Akagera River Rwanda and Tanzania: Bahr al-Arab Sudan and South Sudan: Caledon River Lesotho and South Africa: Chobe River Namibia and Botswana: Congo River Democratic Republic of Congo and Republic of Congo: Donga River Nigeria and Cameroon: Kagitumba river Rwanda, Uganda and Tanzania
Chari - Central African Republic, Chad, Cameroon. Logone - Central African Republic, Cameroon; Kagera River - Burundi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda; Congo - Angola, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Republic of the Congo
In neighbouring Congo Republic, whose capital Brazzaville also sits on the banks across the river, at least 17 people have died in floods across eight departments including the capital, with more ...
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 26 February 2025. Democratic Republic of the Congo Republic of the Congo The Congo River forms much of the border between these two countries. The Congo Basin comes from the river. Congo or The Congo may refer to: Congo River, in central Africa Congo Basin, the sedimentary basin of the river Democratic ...
The Comité d'études du haut Congo ("Committee for the Study of the Upper Congo"), established by King Leopold II of Belgium in 1876, and the International Association of the Congo, established by him in 1879, were also named after the river. [22] The Congo River was named by early European sailors after the Kingdom of Kongo and its Bantu ...