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It is believed that the Ubangi's upper reaches originally flowed into the Chari River and Lake Chad before being captured by the Congo in the early Pleistocene. [5] Together with the Congo River, it provides an important transport artery for river boats between Bangui and Brazzaville. From its source to 100 km (62 mi) below Bangui, the Ubangi ...
Ubangi River, tributary of the Congo River in Africa Ubangi-Shari , a French colony which became the Central African Republic Apostolic Vicariate of Belgian Ubanghi , a former Catholic missionary (initially an Apostolic Prefecture)
The Uele–Mbomou confluence at Yakoma marks the origin of the Ubangi River, which in turn flows into the Congo River. The Uele is the longest tributary of the Ubangi. The combined Ubangi–Uele length is about 2,270 kilometres (1,410 mi). [3] From satellite images, parts of the river look red from the iron oxide contaminants in the river.
It is a small tributary off the Oubangui river, which is a tributary off the larger Congo River. [1] The Mpoko River covers 23,900 km 2 of land area and 86% savanna cover. [2] It begins northwest of the capital, Bangui, and flows southeast to its confluence near Bangui. It drains a savanna dominated ecosystem. [2]
Ubangi-Shari had a similar concession system as the Congo Free State and similar atrocities were also committed there. French author and Nobel laureate André Gide travelled to Ubangi-Shari and was told by inhabitants about atrocities including mutilations, dismemberments, executions, the burning of children, and villagers being forcibly bound to large beams and made to walk until dropping ...
The Kotto River (or Koto River) is a tributary of the Oubangui River in the Central African Republic. Its source is on the south side of the Bongo Massif , near Mount Toussoro on the border between the Central African Republic and Sudan .
Bangui (French pronunciation:; or Bangui in Sango, formerly written Bangui in English) is the capital and largest city of the Central African Republic.It was established as a French outpost in 1889 and named after its location on the northern bank of the Ubangi River (French: Oubangui); the Ubangi itself was named from the Bobangi word for the "rapids" located beside the settlement, [2] which ...
Two basins occupied the central and southern parts of the territory: the basin of Chad, a former inland sea of which Lake Chad is a remnant, and the basin of Congo, traversed by the river of the same name and its main tributaries (Oubangui River, Sangha River, and Alima River).