Congo River
| Origin of the watercourse | Boyoma Falls, Lualaba River |
|---|---|
| Noli ti ko'doo | Atlantic Ocean |
| Drainage basin | Congo Basin |
| Tiŋa | Angola, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Republic of the Congo, Zambia |
| Din be shɛli polona | Kongo Central |
| Tiŋgbaŋ yaɣili calinli | 6°4′30″S 12°27′0″E |
Congo Mɔɣili, ŋɔ nyɛla bɛ ni daa na mi shɛli Zaire Mɔɣili, di nyɛla mɔɣ'karili din pahiri ayi Africa, di ni nyɛ din pa Nile zuɣu ka lahi nyɛ din pahiri ata dunia mɔɣ'kara di yi kana kom din yiri mɔɣa ni, di nyɛla din doli Amazon mini Ganges- Brahmaputra mɔɣa nyaaŋa. Di ni nyɛ mɔɣ'shɛli din ʒilima pam dunia mɔɣa zaa puuni ni ʒiliŋ kamani mitaninima kɔbishi ni pishi.[1] Congo–Lualaba–Luvua–Luapula–Chambeshi Mɔɣili nyɛla din yɛliŋ nyɛ Kilomitanima 4,700 ka dizuɣu chɛ ka di dɔni buwɔi dunia zaa mɔɣa yɛlimanima puuni. Chambeshi yaɣili zaŋ chaŋ Lualaba Mɔɣili mini Lualaba nyɛ yuli zaŋ n-ti Congo Mɔɣili zuɣusaa nti Boyoma Falls.[2]
Taarihi
mali niŋ
Saha ŋɔ Congo mɔɣili ŋɔ yuma nyɛla bin din gbaai yuma 1.5 zaŋ chaŋ 2 miliyɔn, Pleistocene saha.[3][4] Di ka lahi ʒibu ka lala saha ŋɔ mɔɣ'bihi zaŋ n-ti Congo mɔɣili ŋɔ shɛŋa nyɛ bɛ ni daa zaŋ shɛŋa n pahi di zuɣu, di mɔɣ'bihi kamani Uele mini Ubangi din be Congo mɔɣili ŋɔ zuɣusaa ka nyɛ din yina Chari[5] n ti pahi Chambeshi mɔɣili[6] ni mɔɣ'shɛŋa zaa din be Kasai Mɔɣili zuɣusaa ka nyɛ din yina zambezi.[7]
Ko'kpɛɣu
mali niŋDemocratic Republic of Congo (DRC) mini Republic of Congo (RoC) nyɛla din nya ko'kpɛɣu pani taba ka di daliri nyɛla Congo Mɔɣili mini di mɔɣ'bihi di yi ti niŋ ka saa miri pampam, di nyɛla din diri yanima, puzɔri ka barina zaŋ n-ti ninsalinima alaafee.[8][9] Congo Mɔɣili Ŋɔ nyɛla din pahiri saha kam pirinla Naawuni namtiɛri taɣibu kamani saha kam tulim mini sa'kara mibu.[9][10]
Bin din gbaai Silimiin goli October yuuni 2019 zaŋ hali ni Silimiin goli January yuuni 2020, sa'kara nyɛla din dam DRC yaɣa pishi ni ayobu la puuni pinaayobu ka di puuni pinaayi nyɛ RoC ka dizuɣu daa tahi 2019–2020 Congo River floods na. Saa nyɛla ŋun daa chɛ ka Congo Mɔɣili ŋɔ mini Ubangi mɔɣili daa chɛ ka dizuɣu daa tahi ko'kpɛɣu ŋɔ na DRC mini RoC ka di daa chɛ ka salo ban gari kɔbigi nyɛ ban daa koŋ bɛ yanima.[11]
| Country | Area | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tɛmplet:Km2 | Tɛmplet:Mi2 | ||
| Tɛmplet:Noflag | 3,712,316 | 1,433,333 | 100.00 |
| 305,760 | 118,050 | 8.24 | |
| Tɛmplet:Country data Burundi | 18,728 | 7,231 | 0.50 |
| 85,300 | 32,900 | 2.30 | |
| Tɛmplet:Country data Central African Republic | 402,000 | 155,000 | 10.83 |
| 2,307,800 | 891,000 | 62.16 | |
| Tɛmplet:Country data Gabon | 1,146 | 442 | 0.03 |
| 248,400 | 95,900 | 6.69 | |
| Tɛmplet:Country data Rwanda | 382 | 147 | 0.01 |
| Tɛmplet:Country data Tanzania | 166,800 | 64,400 | 4.49 |
| Tɛmplet:Country data Zambia | 176,600 | 68,200 | 4.76 |
| Station | Distance along river |
Altitude | Basin size | Multiannual average discharge | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| km | mi | m | ft | km2 | sq mi | Start year |
m3/s | cu ft/s | |
| Lower Congo | |||||||||
| Banana | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3,730,740 | 1,440,450 | 1915 | 41,400 | 1,460,000 |
| Inga | 188 | 117 | 78 | 256 | 1959 | 41,100 | 1,450,000 | ||
| Kinshasa, | 498 | 309 | 269 | 883 | 3,659,900 | 1,413,100 | 1902 | 40,500 | 1,430,000 |
| Middle Congo | |||||||||
| Mossaka | 898 | 558 | 289 | 948 | 2,490,000 | 960,000 | |||
| Mbandaka | 1,157 | 719 | 303 | 994 | 1,683,800 | 650,100 | 1907 | 19,000 | 670,000 |
| Yangambi | 2,133 | 1,325 | 371 | 1,217 | 1,069,100 | 412,800 | 1907 | 8,358 | 295,200 |
| Kisangani | 2,240 | 1,390 | 380 | 1,250 | 974,330 | 376,190 | 1907 | 7,079 | 250,000 |
| Upper Congo (Lualaba) | |||||||||
| Boyoma Falls | 2,310 | 1,440 | 400 | 1,300 | 1907 | 6,550 | 231,000 | ||
| Ubundu | 2,390 | 1,490 | 418 | 1,371 | 1907 | 6,378 | 225,200 | ||
| Kindu | 2,705 | 1,681 | 448 | 1,470 | 810,440 | 312,910 | 1912 | 2,213 | 78,200 |
| Ankoro | 3,455 | 2,147 | 556 | 1,824 | 171,000 | 66,000 | 1935 | 901 | 31,800 |
| Bukama | 3,695 | 2,296 | 567 | 1,860 | 63,090 | 24,360 | 1933 | 322 | 11,400 |
Discharge
mali niŋKinshasa mini Brazzaville
mali niŋ| Water year |
Discharge in m3/s (cu ft/s) | Water year |
Discharge in m3/s (cu ft/s) | Water year |
Discharge in m3/s (cu ft/s) | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Min | Mean | Max | Min | Mean | Max | Min | Mean | Max | ||||||
| 1902/03 | 30,850 (1,089,000) |
38,670 (1,366,000) |
51,020 (1,802,000) |
1942/43 | 31,190 (1,101,000) |
42,150 (1,489,000) |
55,200 (1,950,000) |
1982/83 | 24,360 (860,000) |
35,560 (1,256,000) |
49,020 (1,731,000) | |||
| 1903/04 | 28,700 (1,010,000) |
40,680 (1,437,000) |
53,850 (1,902,000) |
1943/44 | 27,090 (957,000) |
39,360 (1,390,000) |
50,270 (1,775,000) |
1983/84 | 24,000 (850,000) |
33,310 (1,176,000) |
51,700 (1,830,000) | |||
| 1904/05 | 22,350 (789,000) |
34,710 (1,226,000) |
49,960 (1,764,000) |
1944/45 | 30,960 (1,093,000) |
38,890 (1,373,000) |
56,250 (1,986,000) |
1984/85 | 27,000 (950,000) |
38,810 (1,371,000) |
51,300 (1,810,000) | |||
| 1905/06 | 27,280 (963,000) |
38,820 (1,371,000) |
48,310 (1,706,000) |
1945/46 | 28,120 (993,000) |
38,820 (1,371,000) |
61,300 (2,160,000) |
1985/86 | 24,200 (850,000) |
36,740 (1,297,000) |
55,400 (1,960,000) | |||
| 1906/07 | 23,980 (847,000) |
34,190 (1,207,000) |
45,680 (1,613,000) |
1946/47 | 34,900 (1,230,000) |
43,470 (1,535,000) |
50,350 (1,778,000) |
1986/87 | 24,900 (880,000) |
38,700 (1,370,000) |
60,400 (2,130,000) | |||
| 1907/08 | 28,350 (1,001,000) |
38,950 (1,376,000) |
65,760 (2,322,000) |
1947/48 | 33,560 (1,185,000) |
44,210 (1,561,000) |
62,740 (2,216,000) |
1987/88 | 25,700 (910,000) |
39,110 (1,381,000) |
57,300 (2,020,000) | |||
| 1908/09 | 35,460 (1,252,000) |
45,330 (1,601,000) |
54,350 (1,919,000) |
1948/49 | 29,080 (1,027,000) |
39,610 (1,399,000) |
53,960 (1,906,000) |
1988/89 | 25,600 (900,000) |
37,830 (1,336,000) |
62,800 (2,220,000) | |||
| 1909/10 | 29,960 (1,058,000) |
41,920 (1,480,000) |
60,160 (2,125,000) |
1949/50 | 29,480 (1,041,000) |
42,140 (1,488,000) |
56,940 (2,011,000) |
1989/90 | 24,300 (860,000) |
35,970 (1,270,000) |
55,800 (1,970,000) | |||
| 1910/11 | 26,080 (921,000) |
38,220 (1,350,000) |
55,440 (1,958,000) |
1950/51 | 28,150 (994,000) |
39,610 (1,399,000) |
62,780 (2,217,000) |
1990/91 | 33,600 (1,190,000) |
40,880 (1,444,000) |
54,100 (1,910,000) | |||
| 1911/12 | 30,930 (1,092,000) |
40,240 (1,421,000) |
53,260 (1,881,000) |
1951/52 | 31,900 (1,130,000) |
40,360 (1,425,000) |
55,020 (1,943,000) |
1991/92 | 24,000 (850,000) |
34,640 (1,223,000) |
49,100 (1,730,000) | |||
| 1912/13 | 27,730 (979,000) |
36,380 (1,285,000) |
42,280 (1,493,000) |
1952/53 | 25,850 (913,000) |
37,100 (1,310,000) |
49,370 (1,743,000) |
1992/93 | 27,100 (960,000) |
36,790 (1,299,000) |
58,100 (2,050,000) | |||
| 1913/14 | 26,280 (928,000) |
35,860 (1,266,000) |
56,810 (2,006,000) |
1953/54 | 27,690 (978,000) |
37,870 (1,337,000) |
51,450 (1,817,000) |
1993/94 | 30,100 (1,060,000) |
38,730 (1,368,000) |
53,000 (1,900,000) | |||
| 1914/15 | 25,220 (891,000) |
34,090 (1,204,000) |
47,450 (1,676,000) |
1954/55 | 32,220 (1,138,000) |
44,130 (1,558,000) |
60,790 (2,147,000) |
1994/95 | 28,500 (1,010,000) |
39,970 (1,412,000) |
65,400 (2,310,000) | |||
| 1915/16 | 27,760 (980,000) |
38,500 (1,360,000) |
59,680 (2,108,000) |
1955/56 | 30,490 (1,077,000) |
42,420 (1,498,000) |
55,490 (1,960,000) |
1995/96 | 29,500 (1,040,000) |
40,860 (1,443,000) |
58,900 (2,080,000) | |||
| 1916/17 | 29,270 (1,034,000) |
42,200 (1,490,000) |
55,920 (1,975,000) |
1956/57 | 32,840 (1,160,000) |
42,300 (1,490,000) |
54,520 (1,925,000) |
1996/97 | 28,400 (1,000,000) |
38,370 (1,355,000) |
57,600 (2,030,000) | |||
| 1917/18 | 27,440 (969,000) |
34,850 (1,231,000) |
43,840 (1,548,000) |
1957/58 | 26,010 (919,000) |
35,330 (1,248,000) |
50,870 (1,796,000) |
1997/98 | 32,100 (1,130,000) |
45,000 (1,600,000) |
71,000 (2,500,000) | |||
| 1918/19 | 23,740 (838,000) |
33,650 (1,188,000) |
44,630 (1,576,000) |
1958/59 | 25,440 (898,000) |
36,500 (1,290,000) |
57,720 (2,038,000) |
1998/99 | 31,100 (1,100,000) |
41,230 (1,456,000) |
62,200 (2,200,000) | |||
| 1919/20 | 27,230 (962,000) |
37,880 (1,338,000) |
59,540 (2,103,000) |
1959/60 | 35,380 (1,249,000) |
46,450 (1,640,000) |
59,540 (2,103,000) |
1999/00 | 28,700 (1,010,000) |
40,120 (1,417,000) |
69,300 (2,450,000) | |||
| 1920/21 | 30,590 (1,080,000) |
40,940 (1,446,000) |
55,850 (1,972,000) |
1960/61 | 35,060 (1,238,000) |
47,410 (1,674,000) |
80,830 (2,854,000) |
2000/01 | 33,900 (1,200,000) |
42,960 (1,517,000) |
55,800 (1,970,000) | |||
| 1921/22 | 25,830 (912,000) |
37,980 (1,341,000) |
58,140 (2,053,000) |
1961/62 | 40,420 (1,427,000) |
55,240 (1,951,000) |
76,300 (2,690,000) |
2001/02 | 29,600 (1,050,000) |
43,070 (1,521,000) |
66,800 (2,360,000) | |||
| 1922/23 | 29,540 (1,043,000) |
41,080 (1,451,000) |
59,870 (2,114,000) |
1962/63 | 39,630 (1,400,000) |
51,230 (1,809,000) |
67,950 (2,400,000) |
2002/03 | 33,600 (1,190,000) |
43,120 (1,523,000) |
64,800 (2,290,000) | |||
| 1923/24 | 30,610 (1,081,000) |
42,620 (1,505,000) |
63,370 (2,238,000) |
1963/64 | 32,930 (1,163,000) |
48,510 (1,713,000) |
69,410 (2,451,000) |
2003/04 | 25,800 (910,000) |
38,150 (1,347,000) |
56,700 (2,000,000) | |||
| 1924/25 | 32,180 (1,136,000) |
41,330 (1,460,000) |
64,170 (2,266,000) |
1964/65 | 28,370 (1,002,000) |
43,100 (1,520,000) |
62,350 (2,202,000) |
2004/05 | 25,600 (900,000) |
37,640 (1,329,000) |
57,500 (2,030,000) | |||
| 1925/26 | 31,770 (1,122,000) |
43,920 (1,551,000) |
61,660 (2,178,000) |
1965/66 | 36,670 (1,295,000) |
48,380 (1,709,000) |
63,040 (2,226,000) |
2005/06 | 26,800 (950,000) |
38,090 (1,345,000) |
53,100 (1,880,000) | |||
| 1926/27 | 27,000 (950,000) |
37,710 (1,332,000) |
47,350 (1,672,000) |
1966/67 | 31,420 (1,110,000) |
41,770 (1,475,000) |
65,540 (2,315,000) |
2006/07 | 31,900 (1,130,000) |
42,160 (1,489,000) |
63,900 (2,260,000) | |||
| 1927/28 | 31,430 (1,110,000) |
41,120 (1,452,000) |
51,730 (1,827,000) |
1967/68 | 36,970 (1,306,000) |
46,960 (1,658,000) |
58,560 (2,068,000) |
2007/08 | 30,700 (1,080,000) |
41,590 (1,469,000) |
62,000 (2,200,000) | |||
| 1928/29 | 29,080 (1,027,000) |
39,280 (1,387,000) |
57,930 (2,046,000) |
1968/69 | 43,170 (1,525,000) |
51,830 (1,830,000) |
66,420 (2,346,000) |
2008/09 | 29,900 (1,060,000) |
41,160 (1,454,000) |
56,800 (2,010,000) | |||
| 1929/30 | 27,860 (984,000) |
40,130 (1,417,000) |
48,210 (1,703,000) |
1969/70 | 34,480 (1,218,000) |
47,290 (1,670,000) |
62,820 (2,218,000) |
2009/10 | 32,100 (1,130,000) |
42,010 (1,484,000) |
54,600 (1,930,000) | |||
| 1930/31 | 28,850 (1,019,000) |
37,480 (1,324,000) |
49,130 (1,735,000) |
1970/71 | 28,180 (995,000) |
40,040 (1,414,000) |
54,330 (1,919,000) |
2010/11 | 22,000 (780,000) |
35,480 (1,253,000) |
56,300 (1,990,000) | |||
| 1931/32 | 29,860 (1,054,000) |
40,700 (1,440,000) |
56,380 (1,991,000) |
1971/72 | 29,380 (1,038,000) |
38,470 (1,359,000) |
55,880 (1,973,000) |
2011/12 | 24,800 (880,000) |
37,070 (1,309,000) |
54,900 (1,940,000) | |||
| 1932/33 | 27,700 (980,000) |
40,950 (1,446,000) |
50,950 (1,799,000) |
1972/73 | 25,760 (910,000) |
37,290 (1,317,000) |
50,400 (1,780,000) |
2012/13 | 27,800 (980,000) |
39,660 (1,401,000) |
56,600 (2,000,000) | |||
| 1933/34 | 31,090 (1,098,000) |
40,700 (1,440,000) |
63,670 (2,248,000) |
1973/74 | 31,530 (1,113,000) |
39,560 (1,397,000) |
52,180 (1,843,000) |
2013/14 | 30,300 (1,070,000) |
42,080 (1,486,000) |
57,800 (2,040,000) | |||
| 1934/35 | 31,830 (1,124,000) |
43,560 (1,538,000) |
57,310 (2,024,000) |
1974/75 | 29,960 (1,058,000) |
41,340 (1,460,000) |
63,650 (2,248,000) |
2014/15 | 26,000 (920,000) |
37,860 (1,337,000) |
61,100 (2,160,000) | |||
| 1935/36 | 32,640 (1,153,000) |
41,650 (1,471,000) |
56,770 (2,005,000) |
1975/76 | 32,410 (1,145,000) |
42,710 (1,508,000) |
59,240 (2,092,000) |
2015/16 | 29,800 (1,050,000) |
41,360 (1,461,000) |
58,700 (2,070,000) | |||
| 1936/37 | 31,400 (1,110,000) |
42,120 (1,487,000) |
57,900 (2,040,000) |
1976/77 | 33,390 (1,179,000) |
45,760 (1,616,000) |
57,770 (2,040,000) |
2016/17 | 26,400 (930,000) |
37,260 (1,316,000) |
53,800 (1,900,000) | |||
| 937/38 | 30,100 (1,060,000) |
40,060 (1,415,000) |
56,790 (2,006,000) |
1977/78 | 33,150 (1,171,000) |
43,550 (1,538,000) |
62,440 (2,205,000) |
2017/18 | 28,600 (1,010,000) |
40,130 (1,417,000) |
60,100 (2,120,000) | |||
| 1938/39 | 29,040 (1,026,000) |
41,260 (1,457,000) |
62,380 (2,203,000) |
1978/79 | 33,570 (1,186,000) |
45,180 (1,596,000) |
52,280 (1,846,000) |
2018/19 | 28,200 (1,000,000) |
40,770 (1,440,000) |
70,900 (2,500,000) | |||
| 1939/40 | 30,210 (1,067,000) |
42,110 (1,487,000) |
52,780 (1,864,000) |
1979/80 | 33,340 (1,177,000) |
41,150 (1,453,000) |
59,530 (2,102,000) |
2019/20 | 35,200 (1,240,000) |
50,250 (1,775,000) |
67,200 (2,370,000) | |||
| 1940/41 | 31,370 (1,108,000) |
40,320 (1,424,000) |
57,110 (2,017,000) |
1980/81 | 29,680 (1,048,000) |
40,710 (1,438,000) |
52,160 (1,842,000) |
2020/21 | 28,700 (1,010,000) |
40,830 (1,442,000) |
59,200 (2,090,000) | |||
| 1941/42 | 31,190 (1,101,000) |
42,150 (1,489,000) |
55,200 (1,950,000) |
1981/82 | 29,270 (1,034,000) |
38,930 (1,375,000) |
49,020 (1,731,000) |
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Width and depth
mali niŋ| Location | Width | Average depth | Max depth | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| m | ft | m | ft | m | ft | |
| Lower Congo | ||||||
| 5°08′55.3″S 13°59′20.5″E / 5.148694°S 13.989028°E | 1,070 | 3,510 | 49.3 | 162 | 87.1 | 286 |
| Ile Soka | 1,020 | 3,350 | 57.4 | 188 | 92.9 | 305 |
| 450 | 1,480 | 165 | 541 | |||
| Bulu | 429 | 1,407 | 62.3 | 204 | 102 | 335 |
| 5°01′58.6″S 14°01′37.2″E / 5.032944°S 14.027000°E | 384 | 1,260 | 43.2 | 142 | 78.1 | 256 |
| 5°02′07.8″S 14°01′50.3″E / 5.035500°S 14.030639°E | 388 | 1,273 | 44.1 | 145 | 78.5 | 258 |
| Ile Banza | 540 | 1,770 | 44.1 | 145 | 79.2 | 260 |
| Luozi | 2,190 | 7,190 | 11.7 | 38 | 24.2 | 79 |
| Muhambi | 1,010 | 3,310 | 33.9 | 111 | 78.2 | 257 |
| Pioka | 1,460 | 4,790 | 75.3 | 247 | 118 | 387 |
| Kinshasa–
Brazzaville 4°16′47.3″S 15°18′32.8″E / 4.279806°S 15.309111°E | 3,264 | 10,709 | 9.0 | 29.5 | 15.7 | 52 |
| Middle Congo | ||||||
| Maloukou | 14.8 | 49 | 36.3 | 119 | ||
| Léchia | 21.5 | 71 | 50.3 | 165 | ||
| Kounzoulou–Miranda | 20.9 | 69 | 45.0 | 147.6 | ||
| Kunzulu | 1,540 | 5,050 | 16.8 | 55 | ||
| Kwamouth | 1,905 | 6,250 | 12.7 | 42 | ||
| Kasai at mouth | 606 | 1,988 | 12.7 | 42 | ||
| Congo at Kasai mouth | 1,851 | 6,073 | 12.9–15.3 | 42–50 | 39.9 | 131 |
| Mbali–Mosebwaka | 8.4 | 28 | 26.7 | 88 | ||
| Bouemba | 7.0 | 23.0 | 22.2 | 73 | ||
| Bolobo | 4,119 | 13,514 | 7.2 | 24 | ||
| Yumbi | 7.1 | 23 | 19.7 | 65 | ||
| Bounda | 8.0 | 26.2 | 19.7 | 65 | ||
| Mossaka | 7.6 | 25 | 19.2 | 63 | ||
| Lukolela | 1,757 | 5,764 | 8.0–11.7 | 26.2–38.4 | 32.0 | 105.0 |
| Bweta–Manga | 1,865–5,083 | 6,119–16,677 | 5.0–6.1 | 16.4–20.0 | ||
| Yambe | 2,468 | 8,097 | 11.8 | 39 | ||
| Liranga | 7.9 | 26 | 32.7 | 107 | ||
| Bomenenge–Mikuka | 7.6 | 25 | 23.7 | 78 | ||
| Mbandaka | 8.5 | 28 | 31.8 | 104 | ||
| Kisangani | 1,440 | 4,720 | 6.0–7.5 | 19.7–24.6 | ||
| Sources:[16][17][18] | ||||||
Tributaries
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| Left tributary | Right tributary | Length | Basin size | Average discharge | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| km | mi | km2 | sq mi | m3/s | cu ft/s | ||
| Congo | 4,374 | 2,718 | 3,712,316 | 1,433,333 | 41,400 | 1,460,000 | |
| Lower Congo (river mouth to Kinshasa) | |||||||
| Luki | 14.4 | 510 | |||||
| Lué-Grande | 2,786.7 | 1,076.0 | 25.7 | 910 | |||
| Fuila | 150 | 93 | 1,051.5 | 406.0 | 8.9 | 310 | |
| M'pozo | 170 | 110 | 6,932.5 | 2,676.7 | 78.8 | 2,780 | |
| Lufu | 190 | 120 | 2,586.3 | 998.6 | 27.7 | 980 | |
| Kwilu | 284 | 176 | 6,500 | 2,500 | 89.4 | 3,160 | |
| Lwala | 2,322.2 | 896.6 | 26.6 | 940 | |||
| Lukunga | 221 | 137 | 2,166.9 | 836.6 | 25.1 | 890 | |
| Yambi | 65 | 40 | 1,262.3 | 487.4 | 19.4 | 690 | |
| Mpioka | 31 | 19 | 788.7 | 304.5 | 10.1 | 360 | |
| Lunzadi | 753.9 | 291.1 | 11.1 | 390 | |||
| Inkisi | 559 | 347 | 13,500 | 5,200 | 291.1 | 10,280 | |
| Foulakary | 127 | 79 | 3,230.5 | 1,247.3 | 51.1 | 1,800 | |
| Djoué | 175 | 109 | 6,225 | 2,403 | 158.4 | 5,590 | |
| Middle Congo (Kinshasa to the Boyoma Falls) | |||||||
| N'djili | 93 | 58 | 2,258.9 | 872.2 | 38.5 | 1,360 | |
| Nsele | 193 | 120 | 4,500 | 1,700 | 77.1 | 2,720 | |
| Djiri | 63 | 39 | 1,395.5 | 538.8 | 31.3 | 1,110 | |
| Yana | 663.3 | 256.1 | 15.1 | 530 | |||
| Lufimi | 268 | 167 | 11,500 | 4,400 | 199 | 7,000 | |
| Mary | 3,529 | 1,363 | 84.6 | 2,990 | |||
| Mai Mpili | 62 | 39 | 759.7 | 293.3 | 13 | 460 | |
| Lidji | 108 | 67 | 1,686 | 651 | 24.5 | 870 | |
| Kasai | 2,153 | 1,338 | 884,370 | 341,460 | 11,600 | 410,000 | |
| Gam-bomba | 1,372.7 | 530.0 | 29.3 | 1,030 | |||
| Léfini | 418 | 260 | 14,951.1 | 5,772.7 | 423.1 | 14,940 | |
| M'Pouya | 1,175.5 | 453.9 | 21.2 | 750 | |||
| N'Goindi | 1,537.2 | 593.5 | 30 | 1,100 | |||
| Gampoka | 1,036.8 | 400.3 | 10.7 | 380 | |||
| Nkeni | 331 | 206 | 8,249.6 | 3,185.2 | 209.5 | 7,400 | |
| Nkeme | 3,154 | 1,218 | 39.4 | 1,390 | |||
| Nsolu | 4,129 | 2,566 | 39.1 | 1,380 | |||
| Sangasi | 64 | 40 | 2,020.9 | 780.3 | 19.4 | 690 | |
| Alima | 577 | 359 | 23,192.7 | 8,954.8 | 700 | 25,000 | |
| Likouala | 615 | 382 | 69,800 | 26,900 | 1,053.5 | 37,200 | |
| Sangha | 1,395 | 867 | 191,953 | 74,113 | 2,471 | 87,300 | |
| Pama | 50 | 31 | 2,202.7 | 850.5 | 24.7 | 870 | |
| Manga | 43 | 27 | 1,337.7 | 516.5 | 17.7 | 630 | |
| Irebu | 35 | 22 | 7,380 | 2,850 | 105.5 | 3,730 | |
| Ubangi | 2,299 | 1,429 | 651,918 | 251,707 | 5,936 | 209,600 | |
| Ruki | 1,200 | 750 | 173,790 | 67,100 | 4,500 | 160,000 | |
| Ikelemba | 345 | 214 | 12,510 | 4,830 | 222.1 | 7,840 | |
| Lulonga | 705 | 438 | 76,950 | 29,710 | 2,040 | 72,000 | |
| Moeko | 190 | 120 | 4,346.3 | 1,678.1 | 40.5 | 1,430 | |
| Mongala | 663 | 412 | 52,200 | 20,200 | 708.6 | 25,020 | |
| Lofofe | 1,333.8 | 515.0 | 22.5 | 790 | |||
| Mioka | 93 | 58 | 1,872 | 723 | 30.2 | 1,070 | |
| Isambi | 2,135.7 | 824.6 | 36.6 | 1,290 | |||
| Molua | 71 | 44 | 1,566.6 | 604.9 | 24.7 | 870 | |
| Itimbiri | 700 | 430 | 50,490 | 19,490 | 773.2 | 27,310 | |
| Makpulu | 1,279.1 | 493.9 | 22.6 | 800 | |||
| Loie | 682.3 | 263.4 | 12.5 | 440 | |||
| Moliba | 1,363.2 | 526.3 | 24.8 | 880 | |||
| Ikot | 987.2 | 381.2 | 20.3 | 720 | |||
| Mokeke | 695 | 268 | 12.9 | 460 | |||
| Lula | 582 | 225 | 10.9 | 380 | |||
| Lunua | 612.3 | 236.4 | 12.5 | 440 | |||
| Aruwimi | 1,287 | 800 | 116,100 | 44,800 | 2,200 | 78,000 | |
| Loleka | 1,349.6 | 521.1 | 27.1 | 960 | |||
| Lukombe | 2,931.8 | 1,132.0 | 53.3 | 1,880 | |||
| Lomami | 2,063 | 1,282 | 109,080 | 42,120 | 2,061.8 | 72,810 | |
| Lubilu | 1,222.3 | 471.9 | 20 | 710 | |||
| Romée | 601.9 | 232.4 | 10 | 350 | |||
| Lubania | 743.1 | 286.9 | 11.5 | 410 | |||
| Lindi | 797 | 495 | 60,300 | 23,300 | 1,200 | 42,000 | |
| Upper Congo (Lualaba; upstream from the Boyoma Falls) | |||||||
| Yoko | 866.1 | 334.4 | 15.5 | 550 | |||
| Maiko | 516 | 321 | 13,935.7 | 5,380.6 | 318.7 | 11,250 | |
| Oluka | 495.2 | 191.2 | 10 | 350 | |||
| Obiautku | 1,290.1 | 498.1 | 33.9 | 1,200 | |||
| Lilu | 281 | 175 | 6,381.5 | 2,463.9 | 192.4 | 6,790 | |
| Ruiki | 203 | 126 | 5,540.2 | 2,139.1 | 125.8 | 4,440 | |
| Lilo | 202 | 126 | 3,684.8 | 1,422.7 | 92.8 | 3,280 | |
| Lowa | 615 | 382 | 49,590 | 19,150 | 1,624.8 | 57,380 | |
| Ulindi | 803 | 499 | 30,240 | 11,680 | 901.7 | 31,840 | |
| Kasuku | 397 | 247 | 11,468.1 | 4,427.9 | 175.8 | 6,210 | |
| Ambe | 96 | 60 | 2,231.8 | 861.7 | 69.1 | 2,440 | |
| Luti | 771 | 298 | 22.4 | 790 | |||
| Elila | 670 | 420 | 27,360 | 10,560 | 678.1 | 23,950 | |
| Lueki | 205 | 127 | 6,494.3 | 2,507.5 | 58.8 | 2,080 | |
| Kiha-muwa | 182 | 113 | 1,362 | 526 | 23.8 | 840 | |
| Kabila | 70 | 43 | 2,229.6 | 860.9 | 22 | 780 | |
| Lowe | 49 | 30 | 2,306.4 | 890.5 | 16.3 | 580 | |
| Ganze | 25 | 16 | 1,331.6 | 514.1 | 8.7 | 310 | |
| Lubutu | 212 | 132 | 8,419.5 | 3,250.8 | 57 | 2,000 | |
| Kunda | 96 | 60 | 5,749.1 | 2,219.7 | 41.4 | 1,460 | |
| Mulongoi | 219 | 136 | 4,754.5 | 1,835.7 | 21.9 | 770 | |
| Lulindi | 190 | 120 | 3,515 | 1,357 | 17.4 | 610 | |
| Luama | 741 | 460 | 25,099.1 | 9,690.8 | 221 | 7,800 | |
| Luika | 223 | 139 | 6,214.2 | 2,399.3 | 17.6 | 620 | |
| Luvilo | 1,126.5 | 434.9 | 4.1 | 140 | |||
| Lufutuka | 1,792.7 | 692.2 | 6.9 | 240 | |||
| Lukuga | 350 | 220 | 271,580 | 104,860 | 271 | 9,600 | |
| Lubanzi | 3,045.7 | 1,176.0 | 19.3 | 680 | |||
| Kay | 1,742 | 673 | 8.6 | 300 | |||
| Lukuswa | 1,822.1 | 703.5 | 7.7 | 270 | |||
| Luboy | 1,644.3 | 634.9 | 4.4 | 160 | |||
| Luvidjo | 240 | 150 | 11,312.4 | 4,367.7 | 69.7 | 2,460 | |
| Kalongwe | 1,208.1 | 466.5 | 3.7 | 130 | |||
| Luvua | 388 | 241 | 265,260 | 102,420 | 600 | 21,000 | |
| Kai | 1,142.7 | 441.2 | 6.5 | 230 | |||
| Lubumbu | 1,342.4 | 518.3 | 8.8 | 310 | |||
| Kalumen- gongo | 329 | 204 | 8,069.3 | 3,115.6 | 66.9 | 2,360 | |
| Lovoi | 385 | 239 | 19,624.6 | 7,577.1 | 185.8 | 6,560 | |
| Lufira | 911 | 566 | 51,480 | 19,880 | 502 | 17,700 | |
| Lubudi | 490 | 300 | 27,500 | 10,600 | 191.5 | 6,760 | |
| Kalule | 172 | 107 | 4,208.8 | 1,625.0 | 28.6 | 1,010 | |
| Musonoi | 1,539.7 | 594.5 | 7.7 | 270 | |||
| Lufupa | 155 | 96 | 5,070.7 | 1,957.8 | 36.8 | 1,300 | |
| Kando | 191 | 119 | 2,455.5 | 948.1 | 16.1 | 570 | |
| Nyund-welu | 1,319.4 | 509.4 | 10.1 | 360 | |||
| Lukonga | 131 | 81 | 1,721.2 | 664.6 | 10.2 | 360 | |
| Mukwishi | 61 | 38 | 1,562 | 603 | 12.2 | 430 | |
| Source:[19][20][21][22][23][24][25] | |||||||
Lower Congo (mɔɣili maa noli nyɛla din be zaŋ la Kinshasa)
Middle Congo (Kinshasa zaŋ chaŋ Boyoma Falls)
- Nsele (nuzaa)
- Lufimi (nuzaa)
- Mary (nudirigu)
- Kwa–Kasai (nuzaa)
- Fimi
- Lukenie

Aerial view of the Lukenie River as it meanders through the Central Congolian lowland forests - Lokoro—Lake Mai-Ndombe
- Lukenie
- Kwango
- Loange
- Sankuru
- Lulua
- Chicapa
- Luachimo
- Lubembe
- Chiumbe
- Fimi
- Léfini (nudirigu)

Léfini River - Nkeni (nudirigu)
- Alima (nudirigu)
- Likouala-Mossaka (nudirigu)
- Sangha (nudirigu)
- Likouala aux Herbes
- Ngoko
- Kadéï (570 km, 41,000 km2, 466 m3/s)
- Mambéré
- Ubangi (right)

Ubangi River - Irebu—Lake Tumba (nuzaa)
- Ruki (nuzaa)
- Momboyo
- Busira
- Salonga
- Tshuapa or Ruki (nuzaa)
- Ikelemba (nuzaa)
- Lulonga (nuzaa)
- Moeko (nudirigu)
- Mongala (nudirigu)
- Itimbiri (nudirigu)
- Aruwimi (nudirigu)
- Ituri

A river flowing through the Ituri Rainforest - Nepoko
- Ituri
- Lukombe (nuzaa)
- Lomami (nuzaa)
Lomami River - Lindi (nudirigu)
- Tshopo

Cascades of the Tshopo River
- Tshopo
- Maiko (nudirigu)
Upper Congo (Lualaba; Boyoma Falls)
- Lilu (nudirigu)
- Ruiki (nuzaa)
- Lilo (nuzaa)
- Lowa (nudirigu)
- Oso
- Ulindi (nudirigu)
- Lugulu
- Kasuku (nuzaa)
- Ambe (nudirigu)
- Elila (nudirigu)
- Loho (nuzaa)
- Lubutu (nuzaa)
- Kunda (nudirigu)
- Luama (nudirigu)
- Luika (nudirigu)
- Lukuga (nudirigu)
- Rusizi (Lake Tanganyika)

Ruzizi River - Malagarasi (Lake Tanganyika)
- Ugalla
- Gombe
- Moyowosi
- Rusizi (Lake Tanganyika)
- Luvidjo (nuzaa)
- Luvua (nudirigu)
- Kalungwishi (Lake Mweru)
- Luapula (Lake Mweru; 740 km, 173,386 km², 741 m3/s)
- Chambeshi (Lake Bangweulu, Bangweulu swamp; 500 km, 44,427 km², 185 m3/s)
- Kalumengongo (right)
- Lovoi (nuzaa)
- Lufira (nudirigu)
- Lubudi (nuzaa)
- Lufupa (nuzaa)


- Henry M. Stanley with the officers of the Advance Column, Cairo, 1890. From the left: Dr. Thomas Heazle Parke, Robert H. Nelson, Henry M. Stanley, William G. Stairs, and Arthur J. M. Jephson
- Congo River Allegory by Thomas Vinçotte.[26]
Lihimi m pahi
mali niŋExplanatory notes
mali niŋ- ↑ Oberg, Kevin (July 2008). Discharge and Other Hydraulic Measurements for Characterizing the Hydraulics of Lower Congo River, July 2008. U.S. Geological Survey.
- ↑ Forbath 1979, p. 6. "Not until it crosses the Equator will it at last turn away from this misleading course and, describing a remarkable counter-clockwise arc first to the west and then to the southwest, flow back across the Equator and on down to the Atlantic.
In this the Congo is exceptional. No other major river in the world crosses the Equator even once, let alone twice." - ↑ Leonard C. Beadle (1981). The inland waters of tropical Africa: an introduction to tropical limnology. Longman. ISBN 978-0-582-46341-7. Retrieved 2 April 2011.
- ↑ Thieme et al., Freshwater Ecoregions of Africa and Madagascar: A Conservation Assessment Ecoregions Assessments, Island Press, 2005, p. 297 Archived 10 Silimin gɔli November 2023 at the Wayback Machine. "It is hypothesized that in the late Pliocene or early Pleistocene, a coastal Lower Guinean river captured Malebo Pool, connecting the previously interior Congo Basin to the ocean."
- ↑ Cooper, John E. and Hull, Gordon; Gorilla Pathology and Health: With a Catalogue of Preserved Materials, p. 371 ISBN 9780128020395
- ↑ Skelton, P.H. 1994. 'Diversity and distribution of freshwater fishes in East and Southern Africa', in Biological diversity in African fresh and brackish water fishes, Symposium Paradi (G.G. Teugels, J.F. Guégan, and J.J. Albaret, editors), pp. 95–131. Annals of the Royal Central African Museum (Zoology) No. 275.
- ↑ Gupta, Avijit (editor); Large Rivers: Geomorphology and Management, p. 327 ISBN 9780470849873
- ↑ World Bank Climate Change Knowledge Portal (en).
- 1 2 The World Bank Group (2021). Climate Risk Country Profile - Congo, Democratic Republic.
- ↑ UN Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals. Fact Sheet: The Congo Basin and Climate Change.
- ↑ Republic of Congo : Floods Flash Update n°1, 10 December 2019 - Congo (en) (10 December 2019).
- ↑ Congo-HYCOS.
- ↑ A chirim ya: Invalid
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- ↑ Topographic maps.
- ↑ Commission Internationale du Bassin Congo-Oubangui-Sangha (CICOS) (2014).
- ↑ Congo River.
- ↑ Le Fleuve Congo.
- ↑ Congo.
- ↑ Lwalaba.
- ↑ Brussels, Monument to Congo pionniers, 50th Jubileum Park.
Citations
mali niŋGeneral and cited sources
mali niŋ- Tɛmplet:Cite EB1911
- Forbath, Peter (1979). The River Congo: The Discovery, Exploration and Exploitation of the World's Most Dramatic River. New York: E. P. Dutton. ISBN 0-525-47573-7.
- Jeal, Tim (2007). Stanley: The Impossible Life of Africa's Greatest Explorer. London: Faber & Faber. ISBN 978-0-571-22102-8.
External links
mali niŋ| Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Congo River (category) |
- The Royal Geography Society's Hidden Journeys project:
- The River Congo Basin
- Audio slideshow: The River Congo: Following in Explorer Sir Henry Morton Stanley's Footsteps—Tim Butcher recounts his trip through the Congo on the route of 19th-century explorer Sir Henry Morgan Stanley.
- Bibliography on Water Resources and International Law—Peace Palace Library
- Map of the Congo River basin at Water Resources eAtlas
- The Congo Project, American Museum of Natural History

