Congo River
River
The deepest river in the world, through the heart of Africa.
The Congo flows for about 4,700 kilometres in a great curve through Central Africa. On its way it crosses the equator twice.
In places the river is more than 220 metres deep: deeper than any other. Around it grows the second-largest rainforest on Earth, after the Amazon.
- long
- 4,700 km
- deep
- 220 m
- it crosses the equator
- 2×
- 1
Because the river lies on both sides of the equator, it is always the rainy season somewhere along it, so it never runs low.
- 2
Two capital cities face each other across the water: Kinshasa and Brazzaville.
- 3
Only the Amazon carries more water.
Question 1 of 2
What is special about the Congo?
- Okavango DeltaA river that never reaches the sea.
- Victoria FallsThe Smoke That Thunders, on the border of Zambia and Zimbabwe.
- Lake VictoriaThe largest lake in Africa, shared by three countries.
- SerengetiThe plain where more than a million animals are always on the move.
It is in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Read about the Democratic Republic of the Congo