The Sangha River, a tributary of the Congo River, is located in

Central Africa Central Africa is a subregion of the African continent comprising various countries according to different definitions. Angola, Burundi, the Central African Republic, Chad, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the Republic of the Congo, E ...

Geography

The Sangha River is formed at the confluence of the Mambéré River and the Kadéï River at Nola in the western

Central African Republic The Central African Republic (CAR; ; , RCA; , or , ) is a landlocked country in Central Africa. It is bordered by Chad to the north, Sudan to the northeast, South Sudan to the southeast, the DR Congo to the south, the Republic of the C ...

. () The Sangha flows along the border of

Cameroon Cameroon (; french: Cameroun, ff, Kamerun), officially the Republic of Cameroon (french: République du Cameroun, links=no), is a country in west- central Africa. It is bordered by Nigeria to the west and north; Chad to the northeast; th ...

, with the Central African Republic, and then the Republic of Congo. It joins the Congo River at The tributaries of the Sangha River include the Ngoko River (Dja river). Its river mouth and confluence with the Sangha is at Ouésso, in the Republic of the Congo. ().

Ecology

The Sangha River is a Freshwater ecoregion of Africa. Its wetlands in the Central African Republic, Cameroon and Congo are protected Ramsar sites.

References

External links

Water Resources eAtlas.org: Map of the Sangha River basin
Rivers of Cameroon Rivers of the Republic of the Congo Rivers of the Central African Republic Freshwater ecoregions of Africa Ecoregions of Cameroon Ecoregions of the Democratic Republic of the Congo Ecoregions of the Republic of the Congo International rivers of Africa Cameroon–Republic of the Congo border Cameroon–Central African Republic border Mambéré-Kadéï Sangha Department (Republic of the Congo) Ramsar sites in Cameroon Ramsar sites in the Central African Republic Ramsar sites in the Republic of the Congo Tributaries of the Congo River East Region (Cameroon) Border rivers {{CentralAfricanRepublic-river-stub