Previously known as Zaire, this is the world’s deepest river and its found in Africa. It’s the 2nd largest river on earth by volume discharged. It has a length of 2,920 miles making it the 9th longest river on earth. The Congo’s drainage basin is about 4,014,500 square kilometers. This river together with its tributaries flow via Congo rainforest, the 2nd biggest rainforest in the world after Amazon Rainforest.
The entire Congo basin is populated by Bantu peoples, divided into several hundred ethnic or tribal groups (see ethnic groups of the Democratic Republic of the Congo). Bantu expansion is estimated to have reached the Middle Congo by about 500 BC, and the Upper Congo by the beginning of the Common Era. The Kingdom of Kongo was formed around 1400 on the left banks of the lower Congo River. Its territorial control along the river remained limited to what corresponds to the modern Bas-Congo province. European exploration of the Congo begins in 1482, when Portuguese explorer Diogo Cão discovered the river estuary (likely in August 1482). The full course of the river remained unknown throughout the early modern period.
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| Traditional Boat on river bank |
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| People carry everything even crocodile |
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| Fishing at Congo River |
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| Fishing at Congo River |
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| Fishing at Congo River |
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| Living Stone Falls |
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| Living Stone Falls |
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Inga falls – Congo river
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| Rafting at River Congo |
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| Violent Rapids |
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Gates of hell rapids congo river
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| Rapids in Congo River |
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| Lower Congo River |
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| River erosion |
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| River eroson |
Picture Source: Collected from Internet
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