Livingstone Falls
Livingstone Falls, named for British explorer David Livingstone, are a succession of enormous rapids on the lower course of the Congo River in west equatorial Africa, downstream from Malebo Pool in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.Photo: Vberger, Public domain.
- Type: Rapids
- Description: whitewater rapids on the Congo River in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the Republic of the Congo
- Also known as: “Cataractes Livingstone”
Livingstone Falls
- Categories: waterfall and body of water
- Location: Pool Department, Republic of the Congo, Central Africa, Africa
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Latitude
-4.32145° or 4° 19′ 17″ southLongitude
15.20695° or 15° 12′ 25″ eastElevation
301 metres (988 feet)Open location code
6F7QM6H4+CQOpenStreetMap ID
node 436008820OpenStreetMap feature
waterway=rapids
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Western Frisian—“Livingstone Falls” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Livingstone-waterval”
- Arabic: “شلالات ليفنجستون”
- Armenian: “Լիվինգստոնի ջրվեժներ”
- Basque: “Livingstone ur-jauziak”
- Belarusian: “Вадаспады Лівінгстана”
- Catalan: “Cascades Livingstone”
- Catalan: “Catarates Livingstone”
- Cebuano: “Livingstone Falls”
- Chinese: “利文斯敦瀑布群”
- Chinese: “李文斯頓瀑布”
- Czech: “Chutes Livingstone”
- Czech: “Livingstonovy vodopády”
- Dutch: “Chutes Livingstone”
- Dutch: “Livingstonewatervallen”
- Esperanto: “Akvofaloj Livingstone”
- French: “Chutes de Livingstone”
- French: “chutes Livingstone”
- French: “Chutes Livingstone”
- Georgian: “ლივინგსტონის ჩანჩქერები”
- German: “Livingstone Falls”
- German: “Livingstonefälle”
- Hungarian: “Livingstone-vízesés”
- Indonesian: “Air terjun Livingstone”
- Italian: “cascate Livingstone”
- Italian: “Cascate Livingstone”
- Japanese: “リヴィングストン滝”
- Japanese: “リビングストン滝”
- Latvian: “Livingstona ūdenskritumi”
- Lingala: “Mabangá ya Livingstone”
- Lithuanian: “Livingstono kriokliai”
- Lithuanian: “Livingstono krioklys”
- Macedonian: “Ливингстонови Водопади”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Livingstonefallene”
- Norwegian: “Livingstonefallene”
- Persian: “آبشار لیوینگستون”
- Polish: “Wodospady Livingstone’a”
- Romanian: “Cascada Livingstone”
- Russian: “Водопад Инга”
- Russian: “Водопад Конго”
- Russian: “Водопад Ливингстона”
- Russian: “Водопады Ливингстона”
- Russian: “Ливингстона водопады”
- Russian: “Ливингстона”
- Russian: “Порог Инга”
- Russian: “Порог Конго”
- Russian: “Порог Ливингстона”
- Russian: “Пороги Ливингстона”
- Serbian: “Livingstonovi vodopadi”
- Serbian: “Ливингстонови водопади”
- Slovak: “Livingstonove vodopády”
- Spanish: “Cataratas Livingstone”
- Swedish: “Livingstone Falls”
- Swedish: “Livingstonefallen”
- Ukrainian: “Водоспади Лівінгстона”
- Ukrainian: “Лівінгстон”
- Uzbek: “Livingston sharsharalari”
- Western Frisian: “Livingstonewetterfallen”
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