The Ndji River, or Ndgii River, Dji River, Kpéo River, is a river of the Central African Republic. It is a left tributary of the
Kotto River
The Kotto River (or Koto River) is a tributary of the Oubangui River in the Central African Republic.
Its source is on the south side of the Bongo Massif, near Mount Toussoro on the border between the Central African Republic and Sudan. It flows ...
.
Characteristics
The Ndji river is long.
It rises to the east of the Pata sandstone plateau and skirts the eastern escarpment before crossing it.
Its source at is at an elevation of .
It drops by to its mouth on the Kotto at at an elevation of .
The Belgian explorer
Léon Hanolet
Léon-Charles-Édouard Hanolet (25 November 1859 – 1 December 1908) was a Belgian soldier, explorer and colonial administrator.
He is known for his explorations in 1894–1895 in what is now the Central African Republic, which led to an agreement ...
travelled up the valley of the Bali (Mbali) river and the upper
Kotto River
The Kotto River (or Koto River) is a tributary of the Oubangui River in the Central African Republic.
Its source is on the south side of the Bongo Massif, near Mount Toussoro on the border between the Central African Republic and Sudan. It flows ...
in 1894, following the road of the Arab caravans.
His expedition reached Dabago at on the Ndji River.
He described the country as flat, and sometimes walked for six hours without crossing a stream.
Ecology
The river is home to the ''Syncerus caffer aequinoctialis'' subspecies of the
African buffalo.
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Rivers of the Central African Republic