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The Congo–Lualaba–Luvua–Luapula–Chambeshi River system has an overall length of 4,700 km (2,900 mi), which makes it the world's ninth-longest river. The Chambeshi is a tributary of the Lualaba River , and Lualaba is the name of the Congo River upstream of Boyoma Falls , extending for 1,800 km (1,100 mi).
The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is the largest country of sub-Saharan Africa, occupying some 2,344,858 square kilometres (905,355 sq mi).[1] Most of the country lies within the vast hollow of the Congo River basin.[1] The vast, low-lying central area is a plateau-shaped basin sloping toward the west, covered by tropical rainforest ...
Luena, Lungwebungu, Luanginga, Chobe, Gwayi, Sanyati, Panhane, Luenha. The Zambezi (also spelled Zambeze and Zambesi) is the fourth-longest river in Africa, the longest east-flowing river in Africa and the largest flowing into the Indian Ocean from Africa. Its drainage basin covers 1,390,000 km 2 (540,000 sq mi), [1][2] slightly less than half ...
Conservationist Steve Boyes is gathering scientific information across the length of the Congo River, ... spanning 3.4 million square kilometers (1.3 million square miles). It’s home to over ...
List of river systems by length. The Nile as seen from a cruise boat between Luxor and Aswan in Egypt. This is a list of the longest rivers on Earth. It includes river systems over 1,000 kilometres (620 mi) in length.
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)
Livingstone Falls consist of a series of rapids dropping 900 feet (270 m) in 220 miles (350 km). They start downstream of Malebo Pool and end in Matadi in Bas-Congo.The Congo River has the second largest flow rate in the world after the Amazon, which has no falls or rapids (except near its sources).
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 ...