THE AMAZING CONGO RIVER!
1. The Congo river is the 8th longest river at 2,914 miles long!
2. Major tributaries include the Aruwimi, Kasai,and Lomami rivers.
3. The river forms most of the border between the Zaire and the republic of Congo and drains more than 1,600,000 square miles of land.
4. The river has a width of 0.5-10 miles.
5. The Congo river gets 9 inches of rainfall a year.


6. It has within its banks 30 waterfalls and thousand of islands, at least 50 witch are more than 10 miles length.
7. Because the river flows near the equator it is very hot.
8. Much of the land surrounding the river is tropical rain forests and is home to hundreds of kinds of animals: crocodiles, tortoises,pigs, elephants, and hippos.
9. People live along the river and river basin as well. They fish in the water.
10. Just has been done for hundreds and hundreds of years, people today use the Congo river for transportation.
This information is from:
www. socialstudiesforkids.com/articles/geography/congoriver.htm