THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO

Congo River Expedition

With a total length of 4700kms, the Congo River is the second largest in Africa after the Nile. With a debit of 50000 cubic meters per second, it is the second largest river in the world after the Amazon. Its source is in Katanga province in the village of Musfi at an elevation of 1435ms, it contours the entire country passing through Kisangani, Mbandaka, Kinshasa and Matadi before reaching the Atlantic Ocean near Banana. Waters from the Congo River collide with the ocean and persist some 45kms out into the Atlantic. The Congo River basin offers a total of 14166kms of navigable water in the interior of DR Congo and is the life line for many peoples living there.

Beyond Kisangani, navigability is limited by a series of rapids, home of the world famous Wagenia fisheries, extending over a total length of nearly 100 kilometers. Two sets of rapids make the river impossible to navigate directly from the source to the sea, and the widest section is between the almost lake formation of Malebo Pool and the fall near Kisangani.

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