Congo River

Congo River
Le fleuve Zaïre
The nint langest river in the warld
Aerial view o the Congo River near Kisangani
Kintras	Angolae, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo-Kinshasa, Gabon, Congo-Brazzaville, Rwanda, Tanzanie, Zambie
Mooth	Atlantic Ocean
Lenth	4,700 km (2,920 mi)
Basin	4,014,500 km2 (1,550,007 sq mi)
Discharge
- average	41,000 m3/s (1,447,901 cu ft/s)
- max	75,000 m3/s (2,648,600 cu ft/s)
- min	23,000 m3/s (812,237 cu ft/s)

The Congo River (forby kent as the Zaire River; French: (le) fleuve Congo / Zaïre; Portuguese: rio Congo / Zaire) is a river in Africae and the warld's deepest river wi measurt depths in excess o 220 m (720 ft). It is the seicont lairgest river in the warld bi discharge (efter the Amazon). The Congo-Chambeshi river haes an owerall lenth o 4,700 km (2,920 mi), which maks it the nint langest river (in terms o discharge, the Chambeshi is a tributary o the Lualaba River, Lualaba bein the name o the Congo River upstream o the Boyoma Faws, extendin for 1,800 km). Measurt alang the Lualaba, the Congo River haes a tot lenth o 4,370 km (2,715 mi), The Congo Basin haes a tot aurie o aboot 4 million km², or 13% o the entire African laundmass.