Ubangi River

The Ubangi River, also spelled Oubangui, is a river in , and the largest right-bank tributary of the . It begins at the confluence of the and flows west, forming the border between and the .
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  • Type: Stream
  • Description: largest tributary of the Congo River in the region of Central Africa
  • Also known as: Oubangui

Ubangi River

Latitude
-0.51028° or 0° 30′ 37″ south
Longitude
17.70667° or 17° 42′ 24″ east
Elevation
295 metres (968 feet)
Open location code
6FFVFPQ4+VM
Geo­Names ID
2311042
Wiki­data ID
Q171649
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Ubangi River” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: Ubangirivier
  • Albanian: Ubangi
  • Arabic: أوبانغي
  • Aragonese: Río Ubangi
  • Armenian: Ուբանգի
  • Asturian: Ríu Ubangui
  • Azerbaijani: Ubangi (çay)
  • Azerbaijani: Ubangi
  • Bashkir: Убанги
  • Basque: Ubangi
  • Belarusian: Рака Убангі
  • Belarusian: Убангі
  • Bengali: উবাংগি নদী
  • Bhojpuri: उबांगी नदी
  • Breton: Oubangui
  • Breton: Ubangi
  • Bulgarian: Убанги
  • Catalan: riu Ubangi
  • Catalan: Riu Ubangui
  • Catalan: Ubangui
  • Cebuano: Oubangui
  • Chinese: 乌班吉河
  • Chinese: 乌班基河
  • Chinese: 烏班吉河
  • Chuvash: Убанги
  • Croatian: Ubangi
  • Czech: Ubangi
  • Danish: Ubangi (flod)
  • Danish: Ubangi
  • Dutch: Oubangi
  • Dutch: Oubangui
  • Dutch: Ubangi
  • Dutch: Ubangui
  • Esperanto: Ubangi
  • Estonian: Oubangui jõgi
  • Estonian: Oubangui
  • Estonian: Ubangi jõgi
  • Estonian: Ubangi
  • Fiji Hindi: Ubangi Naddi
  • Finnish: Ubangi
  • French: Oubangui
  • French: Riviere Ubangi
  • French: Ubangi
  • Galician: Río Ubangi
  • Georgian: უბანგი
  • German: Ubangi
  • Greek: Ουμπάνγκι
  • Hausa: Kogin Ubangi
  • Hebrew: אובנגי
  • Hindi: उबंगी नदी
  • Hungarian: Ubangi
  • Inari Sami: Ubangijuuhâ
  • Indonesian: Sungai Ubangi
  • Italian: Oubangi
  • Italian: Ubangi
  • Japanese: ウバンギ川
  • Japanese: ウバンギ河
  • Kinyarwanda: Umugezi wa Ubangi
  • Korean: 우방기강
  • Latin: Ubangi
  • Latvian: Ubangi
  • Lingala: Oubangui
  • Lithuanian: Ubangis
  • Macedonian: Убанги
  • Malagasy: Oubangui
  • Malayalam: ഉബാങ്ഗി നദി
  • Marathi: ऊबांगी नदी
  • Mingrelian: უბანგი
  • Moroccan Arabic: أوبانڭي
  • Northern Sami: Ubangijohka
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Oubangi
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Ubangi
  • Norwegian: Ubangi
  • Nyanja: Mtsinje wa Ubangi
  • Persian: اوبانگی
  • Persian: رود اوبانگی
  • Persian: رودخانه اوبانگی
  • Persian: رودخانهٔ اوبانگی
  • Polish: Oubangui
  • Polish: Ubangi
  • Portuguese: Rio Oubangui
  • Portuguese: Rio Ubangi
  • Portuguese: Rio Ubangui
  • Romanian: Oubangui
  • Romanian: Ubangi
  • Russian: Убанги
  • Serbian: Ubangi
  • Serbian: Убанги
  • Serbo-Croatian: Ubangi
  • Skolt Sami: Ubangijokk
  • Slovak: Ubangi
  • Slovenian: Ubangi
  • Spanish: Rio Ubangi
  • Spanish: Río Ubangi
  • Spanish: Rio Ubangui
  • Spanish: Río Ubangui
  • Spanish: Ubangui
  • Swahili: Mto Ubangi
  • Swahili: Ubangi
  • Swedish: Oubangi
  • Swedish: Oubangui
  • Swedish: Oubanguifloden
  • Swedish: Ubangifloden
  • Tamil: உபங்கி ஆறு
  • Tatar: Убанги
  • Turkish: Ubangi Nehri
  • Ukrainian: Убангі
  • Ukrainian: Убанґі
  • Venetian: Fiume Ubangui
  • Vietnamese: Sông Ubangi
  • Waray (Philippines): Salog Ubangi
  • Welsh: Afon Ubangi
  • Western Mari: Убанги
  • Western Panjabi: اوبانگی دریا
  • Wu Chinese: 烏班吉河
  • Yue Chinese: 烏班吉河
  • उबांगी नदी

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