Aruwimi River

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river

The Aruwimi River is a significant river in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, known for flowing through dense equatorial rainforest and contributing substantially to the Congo River basin.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Aruwimi River canonical 1
Ruki River 1
Rutshuru River 1

Statements (43)

Predicate Object
instanceOf river ⓘ
basinCountry Democratic Republic of the Congo ⓘ
continent Africa ⓘ
country Democratic Republic of the Congo ⓘ
dischargeLocation Congo River at Basoko ⓘ
drainageBasin Congo River ⓘ
surface form: Congo River system
drains Ituri Rainforest ⓘ
surface form: Ituri Forest
ecosystem tropical rainforest ⓘ
environmentalConcern biodiversity loss risk ⓘ
deforestation in surrounding rainforest ⓘ
flowsDirection generally westward ⓘ
flowsThrough Ituri Province ⓘ
Tshopo Province ⓘ
equatorial rainforest ⓘ
hasLeftTributary Lindi River ⓘ
Nepoko River ⓘ
hasRightTributary Ituri River ⓘ
hasSettlementOnBank Basoko ⓘ
Bomili ⓘ
Buta ⓘ
historicalEvent route of Emin Pasha Relief Expedition ⓘ
historicallyExploredBy Henry Morton Stanley ⓘ
knownFor dense equatorial rainforest along its course ⓘ
navigability in lower reaches ⓘ
rapids and cataracts in upper reaches ⓘ
languageVariantName Aruimi ⓘ
Lualaba River ⓘ
surface form: Lualaba-Aruwimi
length approximately 1287 kilometers ⓘ
approximately 800 miles ⓘ
locatedIn Cuvette Centrale region of the Congo Basin ⓘ
central Africa ⓘ
majorTributary Ituri River ⓘ
mouth Congo River ⓘ
mouthLocation near Basoko ⓘ
partOf Congo River ⓘ
surface form: Congo River basin

Ituri Rainforest hydrological network ⓘ
region Congo Rainforest ⓘ
surface form: Congo Basin
sourceRegion Ituri Rainforest ⓘ
supports biodiversity-rich aquatic habitats ⓘ
tributaryOf Congo River ⓘ
uses local river transport ⓘ
subsistence fishing ⓘ
watercourseType blackwater river ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Congo River → majorTributary → Aruwimi River ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ruki River
Congo River → majorTributary → Aruwimi River ⓘ
Lake Edward → inflow → Aruwimi River ⓘ
this entity surface form: Rutshuru River