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The Congo River, [a] formerly also known as the Zaire River, is the second-longest river in Africa, ... Map of the Congo River basin at Water Resources eAtlas;
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.
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 Republic of the Congo. This list is arranged by Drainage basin , with respective tributaries indented under each larger stream's name. Atlantic Ocean
This SVG map is part of a locator map series applying the widespread location map scheme. ... Water crisis in the Democratic Republic of the Congo; Global file usage.
The middle Congo River and its tributaries from the east are the principal domestic waterways in the DRC. The two principal river routes are: Kinshasa to Mbandaka and Kisangani on the River Congo; Kinshasa to Ilebo on the Kasai River; See the diagrammatic transport map above for other river waterways. The most-used domestic lake waterways are:
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.
The Pool Malebo, formerly Stanley Pool, also known as Mpumbu, Lake Nkunda or Lake Nkuna by local indigenous people in pre-colonial times, [1] [2] is a lake-like widening in the lower reaches of the Congo River. [3] The river serves as the border between the Republic of the Congo to the north and the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the south.