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Map of Angola showing the main rivers and tributeries This is a list of rivers in Angola . This list is arranged by drainage basin, with respective tributaries indented under each larger stream's name.
Topographic map of Angola. There are three regions of rock formations in Angola: the littoral zone, the median zone formed by a series of hills more or less parallel with the coast, and the central plateau. [2] The central plateau consists of ancient crystalline rocks with granites overlain by non-fossiliferous sandstones and conglomerates of ...
The Kwanza River, [3] also known as the Coanza, [4] the Quanza, [4] and the Cuanza, is the longest river in Angola. It empties into the Atlantic Ocean just south of the national capital Luanda . Geography
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Two dams on the Catumbela River produce electrical power for the Lobito and Benguela areas. The Lomaum Dam in Benguela province was built in 1965, destroyed by UNITA in 1983 and later rebuilt with Portuguese help. [4] [5] [6] The Benguela Railway built a bridge over the river in 1905. A new 438-metre-long (1,437 ft) bridge over the river on the ...
Rising in the Lunda plateau, the river forms a deep valley. It is 1,100 kilometres (680 mi) long from its source to its confluence with Congo River, of which 855 kilometres (531 mi) lies in Angola. [1] [2] The river drains a total catchment area of 263,500 square kilometres (101,700 sq mi). Its right bank tributaries are the Wamba and Kwilu rivers.
The Bengo (or Zenza) is a river in northern Angola with a source in the Crystal Mountains. Its mouth is at the Atlantic Ocean 20 kilometres (12 mi) north of Luanda in Bengo Province . The river is 300 kilometres (190 mi) long with a drainage area of 7,370 square kilometres (2,850 sq mi).
Lakes of Angola (1 P) R. Rivers of Angola (3 C, 35 P) This page was last edited on 17 July 2024, at 17:46 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons ...