Fun fact 1 about Congo
river
The name Congo/Kongo originates from the Kingdom of Kongo, which was named after the indigenous Bantu Kongo people.
Congo
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river
Congo
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Length
4,700 km
Mouth
Atlantic Ocean
Countries
DR Congo, Central African Republic, Angola, Republic of the Congo, Tanzania, Cameroon, Zambia, Burundi, Rwanda
The Congo River, formerly also known as the Zaire River, is the second-longest river in Africa, shorter only than the Nile, as well as the third largest river in the world by discharge volume, following the Amazon and Ganges–Brahmaputra rivers.
From the “Name” section
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Photo: MONUSCO/Myriam Asmani · CC BY-SA 2.0