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Congo River

River in central Africa

Body of waterriverQ3503

Also known as Zaire River · Congo River · Zaire · River Congo

Length: 4,700 km
Discharge: 41,800 cubic metre per second
Origin of the watercourse: Boyoma Falls
, Lualaba River
Mouth: Atlantic Ocean
Country: Angola
, Democratic Republic of the Congo
, Republic of the Congo
+1 more
Watershed area: 401M km²

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The Congo River, formerly also known as the Zaire River, is the second-longest river in Africa, shorter only than the Nile, as well as the third largest river in the world by discharge volume, following the Amazon and Ganges–Brahmaputra rivers. It is the world's deepest recorded river, with measured depths of around 220 m (720 ft). The Congo–Lualaba–Luvua–Luapula–Chambeshi River system has an overall length of 4,700 km (2,900 mi), which makes it the world's ninth-longest river. 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).

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35 identifiers linking Congo River across the web's reference databases

-6.0750, 12.4500OpenStreetMap ↗

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AIDb. (2026). Congo River (Q3503). Retrieved from https://aidb.si/e/congo-river-Q3503