Salonga River
River in Democratic Republic of the Congo
0°17′18″S 19°53′57″E / 0.288243°S 19.899050°E / -0.288243; 19.899050The Salonga River is a river in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It is a tributary of the Busira River.
Course
The river's name is said to come from a mispronunciation of "nsao'loonga", the local name of a bird.[1] The Salonga River meanders in a generally northwest direction through the Salonga National Park and on to its confluence with the Busira River.[2] The Salonga National Park is the largest forest national park in Africa, with an area of 33,350 square kilometres (12,880 sq mi).[1] The river enters the Busira 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) upstream from Lotoko. It is navigable all year with 50 ton barges up to Watsi-Kengo.[3]
Notes
- ^ a b Salonga Landscape ... WWF.
- ^ Relation: Salonga (380844).
- ^ Lederer 1973, p. 15.
Sources
- Lederer, A. (1973), L'exploitation des affluents du Zaïre et des ports de l'intérieur de 1960 à 1971 (PDF) (in French), Académi e royal e des Sciences d'Outre-Mer: Classe des Sciences Techniques, N.S., XVII-6, Bruxelles, retrieved 2021-03-22
- "Relation: Salonga (380844)", OpenStreetMap, retrieved 2021-03-21
- Salonga Landscape, WWF, retrieved 2021-03-22
