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Lomami

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Lomami 

a river in Central Africa, in Zaire; left tributary of the Congo (Zaire) River. It is approximately 1,500 km long and has a basin area of 110,000 sq km. It originates in the Katanga Plateau and flows northward, cutting deeply into sandy tablelands and forming numerous waterfalls and rapids. Waters rise from September until the end of April during the rainy season. It is navigable for 330 km from its mouth.
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There is an ongoing flow of the population from one side of the Congo River to the other and authors such as Lomami Tchibamba, Henri Lopes or Sony Labou Tansi are attached to and wrote about both Congos.
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Apercu economique sur les regions de l'Aruwimi, de la Lulu, du Rubi, de la Tele, du bas Lomami et de la partie du Congo comprise entre Isangi et le confluent de l'Itimbiri.
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Torrential rains in Kisangani and Isangi had raised the level of the Congo and Lomami rivers, and destroyed nearly 80 per cent of houses in the villages along the rivers, affecting over 10,000 inhabitants.
Republic of the Congo by UN Chronicle
 
 
 
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