Congo River
Kinshasa's bordering current
The Congo River is a major waterway in central Africa, the second longest on the continent after the Nile and the deepest in the world.
It flows through the Democratic Republic of the Congo and forms part of the border with the Republic of the Congo.
Steamboats on the Congo River evokes the colonial era depicted in Conrad's *Heart of Darkness*.
- KinshasaDRC's capital city
- BrazzavilleCentral African capital city
- Central AfricaMiddle of the continent
- AfricaSecond-largest continent
- waterwayNavigable route for vessels
Leopold · Stanley · Joseph Conrad · Berlin Conference · ivory trade · jungle canopy · tributary · gorilla · steamboat · colonial history · Heart of Darkness · serpentine · equator · humid · pirogue · freshwater fish · jungle · crocodile
- African WatersLake Victoria, Lake Chad, Nile, Blue Nile, Zambezi
- CongoKinshasa, DRC, Zaire, bonobo, okapi
- Congo BasinKinshasa, Brazzaville, Cameroon, Gabon, Chad
- Congo Rivertributaries, Kinshasa, Brazzaville, rapids, mouth
- Congo Waters
- Congo-BrazzavilleBrazzaville, CFA franc
Congo RiverNile River
Africa's longest watercourse
Nile · Sahara Desert · Kalahari Desert · Niger River · Zambezi River
Congo RiverRhine River
Major German waterway
Thames River · Seine River · Colorado River · Ganges River · Mississippi River
Congo RiverNile River
Africa's longest watercourse
Colorado River · Rio Grande · Tigris River · Euphrates River