• Key Information

  • Congo River

  • Also known as
    Zaire River
  • Type
    River
  • Discharge Volume
    Up to 2,600,000 cubic feet a second
  • Length
    2,715 miles
  • Depth
    720 ft
  • Learning Point
  • The Congo River is the second longest river in Africa, only shorter than the Nile River, and is the second largest river in the world by the volume of water that it carries to the Atlantic Ocean.
  • It is also the world's deepest recorded river, with measured depths in excess of 720 ft.
  • Project
  • Draw the Congo River in the middle of the rainforest.
  • Media
  • Location
  • Located in
    The Democratic Republic of Congo, Africa
  • Fun Facts
  • The Congo Basin (the area that drains into the Congo River) has a total area of about 1,500,000 square miles, or 13% of the whole of Africa.
  • At its peak flow, it discharges over 2,600,000 cubic feet of water into the Atlantic Ocean every second
  • Boyoma Falls are seven cataracts along the Congo River, though none are more than 16 feet high.