The Congo River facts

• The Congo River has a length of 2,900 miles.  
• Its flow area is 14,25,000 square miles.  
• The river forms seven miles wide at its mouth and falls into the sea.  
• It puts 20 million cubic feet of mud per second into the ocean, which is four times the average of the entire Mississippi.  
• Its mud water is clearly visible from seawater 100 miles away from the seashore and up to a depth of 4,000 feet.  
• The Congo River, also known as the Zaire River, is a major river in Africa.  
• The river, covering a distance of 4,400 kilometers, is the largest in West Central Africa and the longest river in Africa after the Nile.  
• The Congo River is the second most watery river in the world after the Amazon River in South America.  
• It is the ninth longest river in the world in length and covers a distance of 4,700 km from its source in the hills and plateaus of the East African Rift until it falls into the Atlantic Ocean.   
• The water-log area of ​​this huge river is also vast and it covers about 8 million sq km, which is 13% of the entire African continent. 
• It is called by many names like the Ganges River of India, e.g. Northern  In Rhodesia, 'Chambazi' is later known as Lua Pula.  
• The river falls from a height of 200 feet to form Stanley Falls.  
• It then takes the form of a very large river, which flows 980 miles in crescent form and crosses the equator twice.  
• Among its tributaries, the Butcher and the Umbagi are particularly notable.  
• There are 4,000 small islands in this river.  
• Small steam boats are also operated in this river.  
• Wild animals are found in the area of ​​this river, as most of the path of this river is surrounded by dense and impenetrable forests.  
• Hundreds of species of fish are found in it and rare insects are found in the coastal region.  
• Based on geological elements, it is clearly known that this river used to flow northward in the past, where the now desolate Sahara Desert is.The current estuary of the river appears to be new.  The river remained an enigma to travelers for a long time.  
• For the first time in 1482, a Portuguese traveler named Diagocao reached the mouth of this river and erected a pillar here. From then on, this river came to be known as 'Rio de Padrao'.  Later, Portuguese inventors named it 'Zaire'.  The last and world famous name was 'Congo'.

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