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Lower Congo constitutes the "lower" parts of the great river; that is the section of the river from the river mouth at the Atlantic coast to the twin capitals of Brazzaville and Kinshasa. In this section of the river, there are two significant tributaries, both on the left or south side.
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.
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
1.4 Europe. 1.5 Asia. ... Democratic Republic of Congo and Republic of Congo: Donga River ... Map of South America. River Bordering country Amazon River
The Cuvette Centrale (French: "Central Basin") is a region of forests and wetlands in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Some definitions consider the region to extend into the Republic of the Congo as well. [1] It lies in the center of the Congo Basin, bounded on the west, north and east by the arc 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 used in agriculture and energy generation.
The Ruzizi River, flowing south into Lake Tanganyika, is part of the upper watershed of the Congo River. Nineteenth-century British explorers such as Richard Francis Burton and John Hanning Speke , uncertain of the direction of flow of the Ruzizi, thought that it might flow north out of the lake toward the White Nile .
The Republic of the Congo covers an area of 342,000 km², of which 341,500 km² is land while 500 km² is water. Congo claims 200 nautical miles (370 km) of territorial sea. The capital of the Republic of the Congo is Brazzaville, located on the Congo River immediately across from Kinshasa, capital of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.