What is the Congo River also known as?
Q: What is the Congo River also known as?
A: The Congo River is also known as the Zaire River.
Q: How long is the Congo River?
A: The overall length of the Congo River is 4,700 km (2,922 miles), making it the second longest river in Africa after the Nile.
Q: What rainforest area does the river flow through?
A: The Congo River and its tributaries flow through the second largest rain forest area in the world, which is second only to the Amazon Rainforest in South America.
Q: What other river has a larger watershed than that of the Congo?
A: The Amazon River has a larger watershed than that of the Congo.
Q: Where did its name come from?
A: The name of "Congo" comes from an old Kingdom called Kongo which was located at its mouth.
Q: What two countries are named after it?
A: The Democratic Republic of the Congo and Republic of Congo are both named after it.
Q: Where does it begin and end? A: It begins in East African Rift Highlands and mountains, Lake Tanganyika and Lake Mweru which feed into Lualaba River below Boyoma Falls. It ends at Muanda town near Atlantic Ocean.
