Congo River
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.
- Stream
- Description: river in central Africa
- Also known as“Canal do Norte”“Congo”“Congo Fleuve”“Fleuve Congo”“Fleuve Zaïre”“Le Congo”“NZari”“Pillar River”“Rio de Padrão”“River Congo”“Zaíre”“Zaire River”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Banana and Soyo.
Banana
Banana is a small seaport in the Kongo Central…
8 km north of Congo River
Soyo
Soyo is a port town in Northern Angola, at the mouth of the Congo River on the Atlantic coast.
Congo River
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Latitude
-6.07746° or 6° 4′ 39″ south
Longitude
12.42563° or 12° 25′ 32″ east
Open location code
6F5JWCFG+27
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Zhuang—“Congo River” goes by many names.
KongorivierAfrikaans
Lumi KongoAlbanian
ኮንጎ ወንዝAmharic
نهر الكونغوArabic
Río CongoAragonese
ԿոնգոArmenian
Կոնգո գետArmenian
কংগো নদীAssamese
Ríu ConguAsturian
KonqoAzerbaijani
Konqo çayıAzerbaijani
Tukad KongoBalinese
КонгоBashkir
KongoBasque
KongoBavarian
КонгаBelarusian
কঙ্গো নদীBengali
জায়ার নদীBengali
कांगो नदीBhojpuri
KongoBosnian
KongoBreton
КонгоBulgarian
ကွန်ဂိုမြစ်Burmese
Riu CongoCatalan
Congo RiverCebuano
CongoCentral Bikol
Congo RiverCentral Bikol
Salog CongoCentral Bikol
Salog KongoCentral Bikol
Congo RiverCentral Kanuri
ڕووباری کۆنگۆCentral Kurdish
КонгоChechen
刚果河Chinese
剛果河Chinese
КонгоChuvash
KongoCornish
KongoCrimean Tatar
Kongo (özen)Crimean Tatar
KongoCroatian
KongoCzech
ZairCzech
Congo MɔɣiliDagbani
Congo RiverDagbani
CongoflodenDanish
Royê KongoyiDimli (individual language)
Congo RiverDutch
KongoDutch
Kongo-rivierDutch
نهر الكونجوEgyptian Arabic
Rivero KongoEsperanto
Kongo jõgiEstonian
Congo NaddiFiji Hindi
KongoFinnish
Río CongoGalician
río ZaireGalician
კონგოGeorgian
Congo RiverGhanaian Pidgin English
sigmaGhanaian Pidgin English
Zaire RiverGhanaian Pidgin English
ΚονγκόGreek
Ysyry KóngoGuarani
કોંગો નદીGujarati
KongoHaitian
Kogin CongoHausa
קונגוHebrew
कांगो नदीHindi
KongóHungarian
KongófljótIcelandic
Fluvio KongoIdo
Osimiri CongoIgbo
Karayan KongoIloko
KongojuuhâInari Sami
Sungai KongoIndonesian
Конго-хийIngush
CongoInterlingua
Fluvio CongoInterlingua
CongoInterlingue
An CongóIrish
CongoItalian
ZaireItalian
コンゴ川Japanese
Kali KongoJavanese
Koŋgo PɔɔKabiyè
Asif n KunguKabyle
KunguKabyle
ಕಾಂಗೊ ನದಿKannada
KongoKara-Kalpak
КонгоKazakh
Umugezi wa CongoKinyarwanda
КонгоKirghiz
Конго дарыясыKirghiz
Nzâdi KôngoKongo
콩고강Korean
KongoKurdish
CongoLatin
KongoLatvian
KongóLingala
Rio CongoLingua Franca Nova
剛果河Literary Chinese
KongasLithuanian
CongoLombard
Congo (fium)Lombard
KongoLow German
Kongo (Stroom)Low German
KongoLower Sorbian
KongoLuxembourgish
КонгоMacedonian
CongoMalagasy
Renirano KôngôMalagasy
Sungai CongoMalay
Sungai KongoMalay
കോംഗോ നദിMalayalam
काँगो नदीMarathi
کنگوMazanderani
کونگوMazanderani
نهر الكونگوMesopotamian Arabic
Congo HôMin Nan Chinese
კონგოMingrelian
Конго мөрөнMongolian
لواد د لكونݣوMoroccan Arabic
Congo, jumeNeapolitan
कङ्गो नदीNepali
कङ्गो खुसिNewari
KongoNorthern Frisian
KongoeatnuNorthern Sami
KongoNorwegian
KongoNorwegian Bokmål
KongoelvaNorwegian Nynorsk
Mtsinje wa CongoNyanja
Okwaan̄ KongoObolo
Okwaan̄ ZaiyeObolo
CòngoOccitan (post 1500)
КонгоOssetian
ਕਾਂਗੋ ਦਰਿਆPanjabi
رود کنگوPersian
کنگوPersian
CòngoPiemontese
KongoPolish
کانګو سیندPushto
Kungu mayuQuechua
CongoRomanian
Конго мүрэнRussia Buriat
КонгоRussian
КонґоRusyn
KuongsSamogitian
Congo RiverScots
KongoSerbian
КонгоSerbian
KongoSerbo-Croatian
ڪانگو درياههSindhi
ڪانگو درياھSindhi
KongoSkolt Sami
KongojokkSkolt Sami
KongoSlovak
KongoSlovenian
کونقو چاییSouth Azerbaijani
KongoSwahili
Mto KongoSwahili
Mto wa ZaïrSwahili
Congo RiverSwedish
KongoflodenSwedish
KongoSwiss German
Ilog CongoTagalog
Ilog KonggoTagalog
Дарёи КонгоTajik
КонгоTajik
Kongo ruTalysh
காங்கோ ஆறுTamil
Kongo yılğasıTatar
కాంగో నదిTelugu
แม่น้ำคองโกThai
ཁོང་ཀོ་གཙང་པོ།Tibetan
Noka ya CongoTswana
Mronga CongoTumbuka
Kongo NehriTurkish
Kongo derýasyTurkmen
A̱ghyui KonggoTyap
КонгоUkrainian
KongoUpper Sorbian
دریائے کانگوUrdu
KongoUzbek
Fiume CongoVenetian
KongoVeps
Sông CongoVietnamese
Salog CongoWaray (Philippines)
Afon CongoWelsh
KongoWestern Frisian
КонгоWestern Mari
کانگو دریاWestern Panjabi
剛果河Wu Chinese
КонгоYakut
Конго өрүсYakut
קאנגאYiddish
קאנגא טייךYiddish
Odò CongoYoruba
剛果河Yue Chinese
KonhoZeeuws
Konho (rivier)Zeeuws
Dah GanghgojZhuang
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