The Cuvo is a
river
A river is a natural flowing watercourse, usually freshwater, flowing towards an ocean, sea, lake or another river. In some cases, a river flows into the ground and becomes dry at the end of its course without reaching another body of w ...
in central
Angola
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. The river mouth is at the
Atlantic Ocean
The Atlantic Ocean is the second-largest of the world's five oceans, with an area of about . It covers approximately 20% of Earth's surface and about 29% of its water surface area. It is known to separate the " Old World" of Africa, Europe ...
at
Benguela Bay, in
Cuanza Sul Province
Cuanza Sul Province ("South Cuanza"; Umbundu: Kwanza Kombuelo Volupale) is a province of Angola. It has an area of and a population of 1,881,873. Sumbe is the capital of the province. Don founded the province in 1769 as Novo Redondo.
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. Cuvo is its name in its upper reaches; its lower course is called the Keve or Queve. The river is navigable upstream to
Binga Falls near
Gabela.
Its main tributaries include the
Cussoi River.
The river may be the southern extant of the range of the
African manatee. The river wetland floodplain and
Kumbira Forest is part of an
Important Bird Area with several rare species.
The river mouth has a
mangrove
A mangrove is a shrub or tree that grows in coastal saline or brackish water. The term is also used for tropical coastal vegetation consisting of such species. Mangroves are taxonomically diverse, as a result of convergent evolution in severa ...
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See also
* List of rivers of Angola
This is a list of rivers in Angola. This list is arranged by drainage basin, with respective tributaries indented under each larger stream's name.
Atlantic Ocean
*Chiloango River
*Congo River
**Inkisi River
**Kasai River (Cassai River)
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References
Rivers of Angola
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