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Congo River |
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Congo Riveror Zaire RiverRiver, west-central Africa. Rising in Zambia as the Chambeshi and flowing 2,900 mi (4,700 km) through the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the Atlantic Ocean, it is the second longest river in Africa. It flows through three contrasting regions: the upper Congo, characterized by lakes, waterfalls, and rapids; the middle Congo, with seven cataracts known as Boyoma (Stanley) Falls; and the lower Congo, which divides into two branches forming a vast lake area called the Malebo (Stanley) Pool. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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The first war that one drives through after heading east from Kisangani, the dilapidated port on the Zaire River in the center of the country, is the fight of which the young rebel spoke: the efforts by the rebels to track down and kill hard-line Rwandan Hutus who are on the run from their own government and from the Alliance of Democratic forces for the Liberation of Congo, the rebel group that controls a growing share of Zaire. Belgian, French and British soldiers have set up camp in Brazzaville, Congo, across the Zaire River from the Zairian capital of Kinshasa, in case Westerners have to be evacuated. Zaire's elite are fleeing the country in droves - though some business people are hedging their bets by moving across the broad and sweltering Zaire River to Brazzaville, in the Republic of Congo, where they still conduct business in Kinshasa by cellular telephone. |
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