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The Congo River, [a] formerly also known as the Zaire River, is the second-longest river in Africa, shorter only than the Nile, as well as the third-largest river in the world by discharge volume, following the Amazon and Ganges rivers. It is the world's deepest recorded river, with measured depths of around 220 m (720 ft). [9]
The Congo Deep-Sea Fan accounts for a surface of about 300,000 km 2 and at least 0.7 Mkm 3 of Cenozoic sediments, becoming one of the largest submarine fan systems in the world. [5] The fan extends over 1000 km from the Congo-Angola coast and was developed after the early Cretaceous rifting. The sediments includes quartz grains. [6]
A map of the principal rivers and lakes of the Democratic Republic of Congo. Chiloango River. Congo River. M'pozo River. Inkisi River (Zadi River) Ndjili River. Lukaya River. Lukunga River. Kasai River (Kwa River)
Congo Canyon, the largest river canyon, extending from the Congo River, is 800 km (497 mi) long, and 1,200 m (3,900 ft) deep [citation needed] Delgada Submarine Canyon, off the coast of California [10] Hatteras Canyon, off the coast of North Carolina [11] Hudson Canyon, extending from the Hudson River; Ganges Canyon, extending from the Ganges
The Nile is the longest river in Africa. It has historically been considered the longest river in the world, [3] [4] though this has been contested by research suggesting that the Amazon River is slightly longer. [5] [6] Of the world's major rivers, the Nile is one of the smallest, as measured by annual flow in cubic metres of water. [7]
The Amazon River (UK: / ˈ æ m ə z ən /, US: / ˈ æ m ə z ɒ n /; Spanish: Río Amazonas, Portuguese: Rio Amazonas) in South America is the largest river by discharge volume of water in the world, and the longest or second-longest river system in the world, a title which is disputed with the Nile. [3] [19] [n 2]
The Great Rift Valley (Swahili: Bonde la ufa) is a series of contiguous geographic depressions, approximately 6000 or 7,000 kilometres (4,300 mi) in total length, the definition varying between sources, that runs from the southern Turkish Hatay Province in Asia, through the Red Sea, to Mozambique in Southeast Africa. [1][2] While the name ...
The Congo Basin (French: Bassin du Congo) is the sedimentary basin of the Congo River. The Congo Basin is located in Central Africa, in a region known as west equatorial Africa. The Congo Basin region is sometimes known simply as the Congo. It contains some of the largest tropical rainforests in the world and is an important source of water ...