Likouala Basin

	Likouala Basin Likouala may refer to: * Likouala Department, Republic of the Congo * Likouala-Mossaka The Likouala-Mossaka (or Likouala River) is a river in the Republic of the Congo. It is a tributary of the Congo River, which it enters to the east of the town of Mossaka. Location The Likouala-Mossaka is a right tributary of the Congo into wh ..., a tributary of the Congo River * Likouala-aux-Herbes, a tributary of the Sangha River {{place name disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Likouala Department Likouala is a department of the Republic of the Congo in the northern part of the country. It borders the departments of Cuvette and Sangha, and internationally, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the Central African Republic. The region has an area of 66,044 km² and an estimated population of almost 90,000. The chief town is Impfondo. Principal cities and towns include Epena and Dongou. History Historically, this department was cut off from part of Lobaye, an area of the Central African Republic. It is believed that it was first inhabited by the Pygmy tribe. Administrative divisions Likouala Department is divided into seven districts: Districts # Impfondo District # Epena District # Dongou District # Bétou District # Bouanéla District # Enyellé District # Liranga District Geography Likouala is almost covered with dense and often flooded forests of lakes and very full of fish ponds. Its ground is argillaceous and sandy by places. The north of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Likouala-Mossaka The Likouala-Mossaka (or Likouala River) is a river in the Republic of the Congo. It is a tributary of the Congo River, which it enters to the east of the town of Mossaka. Location The Likouala-Mossaka is a right tributary of the Congo into which it flows at Mossaka about from its source. Its basin adjoins that of the Sangha River to the north and the Ogooué River in Gabon to the west. To the south it adjoins the basin of the Alima, which has hardly any left tributaries. The lower Sangha, the Likouala-aux-Herbes and Likouala-Mossaka rivers flow through the Congolese Cuvette, a huge depression with an equatorial climate. The soil of this region is sandy or clayey quaternary fluvial alluvia. Vegetation is dense, humid, shady forest that partly floods during the high water season. Hydrology Between 1951 and 1993 annual rainfall in the Likouala-Mossaka basin was and average discharge at the Makoua gauging station was . The basin above this point covered . European exploration ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Likouala-aux-Herbes The Likouala-aux-Herbes is a river in the Republic of the Congo. It is a tributary of the Sangha River, which in turn is a tributary of the Congo River. It gives its name to the Likouala Department. Location The Likouala-aux-Herbes is almost long and is the main tributary of the Sangha River. The lower Sangha, the Likouala-aux-Herbes and Likouala-Mossaka rivers flow through the Congolese Cuvette, a huge depression. The soil of this region is sand or clay Quaternary fluvial alluvia. The Likouala aux Herbes basin is located on the predominantly sandy Quaternary formations of the Congolese basin. The course of the Likouala meanders and shifts over time. The coefficient of sinuosity is more than 1.5 in the upper section, around 2.0 in the middle section and in the lower section as high as 2.8. The lower sections of the Sangha and Likouala-aux-Herbes flow through flat land with little difference in elevation between the two rivers. Part of the lower section of the Sangha River divide ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]