Congo
Africa's deepest river
Congo refers to two African nations: the Democratic Republic of the Congo (formerly Zaire) and the Republic of the Congo, both named for the Congo River that forms part of their border.
The Congo River is Africa's second-longest and the world's deepest.
Congo appears in historical contexts referring to the Belgian Congo, the brutal colonial regime that preceded independence.
The river winds through dense Congo rainforest.
Element twenty-seven
- coltanColumbite-tantalite mixture
- copperReddish-brown metallic element
- diamondsPrecious crystallized carbon
- mineralsInorganic natural solids
mining · uranium · gold · tin · cassiterite · extraction · conflict minerals · reserves
Concave water receptacle
- tributaryStream entering larger river
- rainforestWet tropical woodland ecosystem
- KinshasaDRC's capital city
- BrazzavilleCentral African capital city
rapids · Stanley · navigation · hydropower · watershed · equatorial · discharge · Africa
DRC's capital city
- BrazzavilleCentral African capital city
- DRCCentral African republic, abbr.
- RepublicState without monarchy
- ZaireFormer Central African nation
Mobutu · Central Africa · Belgian · French · independence · colonialism · civil war · peacekeeping
Concave water receptacle
- gorillaLargest great ape
- bonoboCongo Basin great ape
- okapiShort-necked giraffe relative
- biodiversityRange of life forms
canopy · tropical · jungle · deforestation · wildlife · primates · conservation · ecosystem
cobalt
Element twenty-seven
- coltanColumbite-tantalite mixture
- copperReddish-brown metallic element
- diamondsPrecious crystallized carbon
minerals · mining · uranium · gold · tin · cassiterite · extraction · conflict minerals · reserves · wealth
basin
Concave water receptacle
- tributaryStream entering larger river
- rainforestWet tropical woodland ecosystem
- KinshasaDRC's capital city
Brazzaville · rapids · Stanley · navigation · hydropower · watershed · equatorial · discharge · Africa
Kinshasa
DRC's capital city
- BrazzavilleCentral African capital city
- DRCCentral African republic, abbr.
- RepublicState without monarchy
Zaire · Mobutu · Central Africa · Belgian · French · independence · colonialism · civil war · peacekeeping · Swahili
basin
Concave water receptacle
biodiversity · canopy · tropical · jungle · deforestation · wildlife · primates · conservation · ecosystem · endangered species
- countriesChina, Brazil, France, Germany, India
- African GeographySouth Africa, Kenya, Nigeria, Morocco, Ghana
- tropical AfricaNigeria, Kenya, Tanzania, Ghana, Cameroon
- African RiversNile, Zambezi, Niger, Limpopo, Orange
- African WatersLake Victoria, Lake Chad, Nile River, Niger River, Zambezi River
- Central Africarainforest, tropical rainforest, Chad, Burundi, Gabon
CongoSahara
Largest hot desert
Egypt · Morocco · South Africa · Libya · Botswana
CongoSahara
Largest hot desert
Arabian Desert · Gobi Desert · Atacama · Kalahari · Namib
- Congo RiverMajor Central African waterway
- Democratic Republic of CongoKinshasa-based central African state
- Congo BasinMajor African river watershed
- Democratic Republic of the CongoKinshasa-based central African nation
- Congo rainforestSecond-largest tropical forest
- Belgian CongoFormer central African colony