Definitions for congo river
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1. Congo, Congo River, Zaire Rivernoun

   a major African river (one of the world's longest); flows through Congo into the South Atlantic

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1. Congo River

   The Congo River (Kongo: Nzâdi Kôngo, French: Fleuve Congo, Portuguese: Rio Congo), formerly also known as the Zaire River, is the second longest river in Africa, shorter only than the Nile, as well as the second largest river in the world by discharge volume, following only the Amazon. It is also the world's deepest recorded river, with measured depths around 219.5 m (720 ft). The Congo-Lualaba-Chambeshi River system has an overall length of 4,700 km (2,920 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 (1,120 mi). Measured along with the Lualaba, the main tributary, the Congo River has a total length of 4,370 km (2,715 mi). It is the only major river to cross the Equator twice. The Congo Basin has a total area of about 4,000,000 km2 (1,500,000 sq mi), or 13% of the entire African landmass.

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1. congo river

   The Congo River, also known as the Zaire River, is the second longest river in Africa, and the world's deepest recorded river. It stretches over 2,720 miles from its source in the Democratic Republic of Congo, crossing the equator twice, and emptying into the Atlantic Ocean. The river is a critical source of transportation, water and hydroelectric power for multiple African countries. It's also renowned for its biodiversity including crocodiles, hippos, and numerous species of fish and birds.

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1. Congo River

   The Congo River is a river in Africa and the world's deepest river with measured depths in excess of 220 m. It is the third largest river in the world by volume of water discharged. Additionally, its overall length of 4,700 km makes it the ninth longest river. The Congo gets its name from the ancient Kingdom of Kongo which inhabited the lands at the mouth of the river. The Democratic Republic of the Congo and the Republic of the Congo, both countries lying along the river's banks, are named after it. Between 1971 and 1997 the government of then-Zaire called it the Zaire River.

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1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of congo river in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of congo river in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of congo river in a Sentence

1. Eugene Kabambi:

   We are searching for as many as 100 people in the Congo River as well as assisting these people with body bags, medical kit, one of the boats was totally destroyed and that is the one we believe was carrying the missing.

2. Peter Salama:

   All it takes is one sick person to travel down the Congo River and we can have outbreaks seeded in many different locations ... that can happen at any moment, it's very hard to predict, it is going to be at least weeks and more likely months before we get this outbreak fully under control.

3. Peter Salama:

   It is critical to remember that the Ebola Fast FactsThe current outbreak outbreak in northwest Congo River is not the only challenge this country is facing, there is massive population displacement, food insecurity and malnutrition, particularly in the east of the country, and multiple simultaneous outbreaks of cholera, of measles and recently of vaccine-derived poliovirus.

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=congo river
2. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Congo_River
3. ^ ChatGPT
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4. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=congo river