Congo River
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The Congo River is Africa’s second-longest river and the world’s deepest, flowing through central Africa to the Atlantic Ocean and serving as a major waterway for transport, ecology, and regional economies.
Observed surface forms (4)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Congo River basin | 3 |
| Congo | 1 |
| Congo River system | 1 |
| Zaire River | 1 |
Statements (63)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | river ⓘ |
| averageDischarge | approximately 41000 cubic meters per second ⓘ |
| basinArea |
approximately 1.5 million square miles
ⓘ
approximately 4 million square kilometers ⓘ |
| biodiversity | very high aquatic biodiversity ⓘ |
| climateInfluence | major influence on Central African climate and hydrology ⓘ |
| continent | Africa ⓘ |
| countryTraversed |
Angola
ⓘ
Cameroon ⓘ Central African Republic ⓘ Democratic Republic of the Congo ⓘ Republic of the Congo ⓘ Tanzania ⓘ Zambia ⓘ |
| depthRanking | deepest river in the world ⓘ |
| dischargesInto | Atlantic Ocean ⓘ |
| drainageBasin |
Congo Rainforest
ⓘ
surface form:
Congo Basin
|
| economicImportance | major waterway for Central African economies ⓘ |
| ecoregion |
Congo Rainforest
ⓘ
surface form:
Congo rainforest
|
| flowsNearCity |
Kisangani
ⓘ
Matadi ⓘ |
| flowsThroughCity |
Brazzaville
ⓘ
Kinshasa ⓘ |
| formsBorderBetween | Democratic Republic of the Congo ⓘ |
| formsBorderWith |
Cabinda
ⓘ
surface form:
Angola (Cabinda exclave)
Republic of the Congo ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
extensive rapids
ⓘ
large meanders ⓘ waterfalls ⓘ |
| hasSpecies | numerous endemic fish species ⓘ |
| historicalName |
Congo River
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Zaire River
|
| historicalNameUsedBy |
Democratic Republic of the Congo
ⓘ
surface form:
Zaire (country name 1971–1997)
|
| hydropowerPotential | very high ⓘ |
| length |
approximately 2920 miles
ⓘ
approximately 4700 kilometers ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Central Africa ⓘ |
| majorTributary |
Aruwimi River
ⓘ
Lomami River ⓘ
surface form:
Kasai River
Lomami River ⓘ Lualaba River ⓘ Aruwimi River ⓘ
surface form:
Ruki River
Sangha River ⓘ Tshuapa River ⓘ Ubangi River ⓘ |
| maximumDepth |
over 220 meters
ⓘ
over 720 feet ⓘ |
| mouth | Atlantic Ocean ⓘ |
| nameOrigin | named after the Kingdom of Kongo ⓘ |
| navigability | partially navigable ⓘ |
| navigationObstacle | rapids near Matadi ⓘ |
| notableSection |
Livingstone Falls
ⓘ
surface form:
Inga Falls
Livingstone Falls ⓘ |
| rankingByDischarge | second-largest river in the world by discharge after the Amazon River ⓘ |
| rankingByLengthInAfrica | second-longest river in Africa ⓘ |
| rankingByLengthInWorld | one of the world’s longest rivers ⓘ |
| sourceRegion |
East African Rift
ⓘ
highlands of northeastern Zambia ⓘ |
| supports |
agriculture in floodplains
ⓘ
fisheries ⓘ regional trade ⓘ river transport ⓘ |
| timeZoneRegion | flows through multiple time zones in Central Africa ⓘ |
| upperCourseName | Lualaba River ⓘ |
Referenced by (28)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Congo River basin
this entity surface form:
Congo River basin
this entity surface form:
Congo
this entity surface form:
Zaire River
subject surface form:
Republic of the Congo
this entity surface form:
Congo River system