Kasai River

The Kasai River is a left bank tributary of the , located in . The river begins in central and flows to the east until it reaches the border between Angola and the , where it turns north and serves as the border until it flows into the DRC.
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  • Type: Stream
  • Description: tributary of the Congo River
  • Also known as: Kasaï” and “Rio Kassai

Places of Interest

Highlights include Mushie Airport.

Aerodrome
is an airport serving the town of in . is situated 3½ km north of Kasai River.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Mushie.

Town
is a town in province, and is the administrative center of Territory. It lies at an elevation of 1118 ft, on the northern bank of the Kasai River at its confluence with the Fimi River.

Kasai River

Latitude
-3.03647° or 3° 2′ 11″ south
Longitude
16.9295° or 16° 55′ 46″ east
Elevation
283 metres (928 feet)
Open location code
6F8RXW7H+CQ
Geo­Names ID
2242333
Wiki­data ID
Q186541
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Kasai River” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: Kasairivier
  • Arabic: نهر كاساي
  • Armenian: Կասաի
  • Asturian: Ríu Kasai
  • Bashkir: Касаи
  • Basque: Kasai (ibaia)
  • Basque: Kasai
  • Belarusian: Касаі
  • Belarusian: Ква
  • Belarusian: рака Касаі
  • Bulgarian: Касаи
  • Burmese: ကာစိုင်းမြစ်
  • Catalan: riu Kasai
  • Catalan: Riu Kasai
  • Cebuano: Rio Cassai
  • Chinese: 卡賽河
  • Chinese: 开赛河
  • Chinese: 開賽河
  • Chuvash: Касаи
  • Croatian: Kasai
  • Czech: Kasai
  • Czech: Kwa
  • Danish: Kasaifloden
  • Dutch: Kasaï
  • Egyptian Arabic: نهر كاساى
  • Esperanto: Rivero Kasai
  • Estonian: Kasai jõgi
  • Fiji Hindi: Kasai Naddi
  • Finnish: Kasai
  • French: Kasai
  • French: Kasaï
  • French: Kassaï
  • French: Rio Casai
  • French: Rio Cassai
  • French: Rio Kasai
  • French: Rivière Kasaï
  • French: Rivière Kassaï
  • Galician: Río Kasai
  • Georgian: კასაი
  • German: Cassai
  • German: Ibari
  • German: Kasai
  • German: Kassabi
  • German: Kwa
  • Greek: Κασάι
  • Hebrew: נהר הקסאי
  • Hebrew: נהר קסאי
  • Hebrew: קסאי
  • Hindi: कसाई नदी
  • Hungarian: Kasai
  • Indonesian: Sungai Kasai
  • Irish: Abhainn Kasai
  • Italian: Fiume Kasai
  • Italian: Kasai
  • Japanese: カサイ川
  • Kazakh: Kasaï
  • Kazakh: Касаи
  • Kazakh: كاساىي
  • Kirghiz: Касаи
  • Korean: 카사이강
  • Latin: Kassai
  • Latvian: Kasai
  • Lingala: ebelé ya kasai
  • Lithuanian: Kasajus
  • Lithuanian: Kva
  • Malayalam: കസായി നദി
  • Mazanderani: کاسای
  • Mingrelian: კასაი
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Cassai
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Kasai
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Kwah
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Kwilu
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Lulua
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Kasai-elva
  • Norwegian: Kasai
  • Nyanja: Mtsinje wa Kasai
  • Persian: رود کاسای
  • Polish: Cassai
  • Polish: Kasai
  • Portuguese: Rio Cassai
  • Portuguese: Rio Kasai
  • Russian: Касаи
  • Russian: Кассаи
  • Russian: Ква
  • Serbian: Kazai
  • Serbian: Казаи
  • Serbian: Касај
  • Serbo-Croatian: Kasai
  • Slovak: Kasai
  • Slovenian: Kasai
  • Spanish: Cassai
  • Spanish: Rio Kasai
  • Spanish: Río Kasai
  • Swahili: Kasai
  • Swahili: Mto Kasai
  • Swedish: Cassai
  • Swedish: Ibari
  • Swedish: Kasai
  • Swedish: Kasaï
  • Swedish: Kasaifloden
  • Swedish: Kasaïfloden
  • Swedish: Kassabi
  • Swedish: Kassai
  • Swedish: Nkutu
  • Swedish: Rio Cassai
  • Turkish: Kasai Nehri
  • Ukrainian: Касаї
  • Uzbek: Kasai
  • Venetian: Fiume Kasai
  • Vietnamese: Sông Kasai
  • Waray (Philippines): Salog Kasai
  • Welsh: Afon Kasai
  • Western Frisian: Kasaï
  • Western Panjabi: کاسائ دریا
  • Wu Chinese: 开赛河
  • Yue Chinese: 開賽河

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