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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). Measured along with the Lualaba, the main tributary, the Congo River has a total length of 4,370 km (2,720 mi). It is the only major river to cross the Equator twice. [10]
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.
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 ...
Congo Basin. Coordinates: 0°00′00″N 22°00′00″E. Course and drainage basin of the Congo River. 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.
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 ...
The Republic of the Congo is located in the western part of central Africa, on the Equator. Congo has several important ports. 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 ...
The Ebola River (/ i ˌ b oʊ l ə / or / ə ˈ b oʊ l ə /), [1] [2] also commonly known by its Ngbandi name Legbala, [3] is the headstream of the Mongala River, a tributary of the Congo River, in northern Democratic Republic of the Congo. [4] It is roughly 250 kilometers (160 mi) in length. [citation needed]
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