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Congo_River

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River in Central Africa

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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. It is the world's deepest recorded river, with measured depths of around 220??m (720??ft). The Congo???Lualaba???Luvua???Luapula???Chambeshi River system has an overall length of 4,700??km (2,900??mi), which makes it the world's ninth-longest river. The Chambeshi is a tributary of the Lualaba River, and Lualaba is the name of the Congo River upstream of Boyoma Falls, extending for 1,800??km (1,100??mi).

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