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Kwilu River

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281: 297: 48: 36: 695: 270:. The river is about 965 kilometres (600 mi) long. In the wet season the flooded area covers 1,550 square kilometres (600 sq mi). The headwaters of the river rise at elevations between 1,000 metres (3,300 ft) and 1,800 metres (5,900 ft) in the Angolan highlands. They drop steeply to the flat central 622: 615: 1007: 608: 631: 1027: 280: 443:"Fishes of the Kwilu River (Kasai basin, central Africa): A list of species collected in the vicinity of Kikwit, Bandundu Province, Democratic Republic of Congo" 983: 274:
at between 500 metres (1,600 ft) and 300 metres (980 ft) above sea level. A 2011 survey found 113 species of fish in 21 families and eight orders.
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Hanibal Lemma, and colleagues (2019). "Bedload transport measurements in the Gilgel Abay River, Lake Tana Basin, Ethiopia (Table 7)".
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Munene, José Justin Mbimbi Mayi; Stiassny, Melanie L. J. (2011).
417:"Découpage administratif de la République Démocratique du Congo" 267: 604: 472: 957: 907: 246:, formerly Leverville, lies at the location where the 865: 804: 763: 702: 642: 510: 150: 145: 137: 98: 88: 83: 62: 57: 28: 262:river. Near its mouth it is 950 meters wide. The 23:River in Angola, Democratic Republic of the Congo 902:This article related to a river in Angola is a 16:For the river in the Republic of the Congo, see 226:. In the DRC the river flows past the towns of 52:The Kwilu River in the Kasai catchment (center) 1008:Rivers of the Democratic Republic of the Congo 398: 210:, formerly known as Bandundu province, in the 40:May, 2003 - Villagers crossing the Kwilu river 977: 927: 616: 484: 250:joins the Kwilu, between Kikwit and Bulungu. 8: 1028:Democratic Republic of the Congo river stubs 984: 970: 934: 920: 623: 609: 601: 491: 477: 469: 458: 948:This article related to a river in the 316: 276: 25: 323: 7: 945: 943: 899: 897: 222:just before this stream enters the 956:. 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Kouilou-Niari River


Angola
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Mouth
3°23′07″S 17°23′04″E / 3.385251°S 17.384491°E / -3.385251; 17.384491
River system
Kasaï River
Portuguese
French
Dutch
Lunda Norte Province
Lunda Sul Province
Angola
Kwilu Province
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Bandundu
Kwango River
Kasai River
Gungu
Kikwit
Bulungu
Bagata
Lusanga
Kwenge River
meandering
bed material
sand
Congo Basin

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