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The Ubangi finally joins the Congo River at Liranga. The Ubangi's length is about 1,060 km (660 mi). Its total length with the Uele, its longest tributary, is 2,270 km (1,410 mi). The Ubangi's drainage basin is about 651,915 km 2 (251,706 sq mi). Mean annual discharge at mouth 5,936 m 3 /s.
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.
The Uele District, shown as the Uellé District on an 1897 map of the Congo Free State, was named after the Uele River. The river flows though the district and further west joins the Mbomou River (or Bomu River) to form the Ubangi River, which defined the northeastern border of the Belgian Congo. [1]
The Mbomou River or Bomu (also spelled M'bomou in French) forms part of the boundary between the Central African Republic (CAR) and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). [1] [2] The Mbomou merges with the Uele River to form the Ubangi River. [3] The Ubangi, a tributary of the Congo, also serves as part of the border between the CAR and ...
the Umbelasha River flows to the North East into the Nile, through the Bahr al-Arab and the Bahr el Ghazal River. the Kotto River flows to the South into the Congo River, through the Ubangi River. the Yata River flows to the North West into Lake Chad, through the Bahr Oulou, the Bahr Aouk River and the Chari River.
Mokoangai or Mokuangai was a colonial station in the Congo Free State on the Ubangi River, beside the Mokoangai rapids. Above the station the Ubangi could easily be navigated up to Yakoma , where the Mbomou River and Uele River combine to form the Ubangi.
Ubangi District is shown on maps of 1910, 1912 and 1926 with somewhat different boundaries on each map. [4] Équateur Province was created in 1917. [5]As of 1926 the province included the districts of Ubangi, Bangala, Lulonga, Équateur and Lac Léopold II.
Ubangi Province (1962−1966), in the north of Zaire, now Nord-Ubangi and Sud-Ubangi provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo; Ubangi River, tributary of the Congo River in Africa; Ubangi-Shari, a French colony which became the Central African Republic