Kabalo is a town in the

Democratic Republic of the Congo The Democratic Republic of the Congo (french: République démocratique du Congo (RDC), colloquially "La RDC" ), informally Congo-Kinshasa, DR Congo, the DRC, the DROC, or the Congo, and formerly and also colloquially Zaire, is a country in ...

. It is in

Tanganyika Tanganyika may refer to: Places * Tanganyika Territory (1916–1961), a former British territory which preceded the sovereign state * Tanganyika (1961–1964), a sovereign state, comprising the mainland part of present-day Tanzania * Tanzania Main ...

province on the

Lualaba River The Lualaba River flows entirely within the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo. It provides the greatest streamflow to the Congo River, while the source of the Congo is recognized as the Chambeshi. The Lualaba is long. Its headwaters are i ...

and is the administrative center of Kabalo

territory A territory is an area of land, sea, or space, particularly belonging or connected to a country, person, or animal. In international politics, a territory is usually either the total area from which a state may extract power resources or a ...

Transport

Kabalo is the junction of railway lines to the north and to

Lake Tanganyika Lake Tanganyika () is an African Great Lake. It is the second-oldest freshwater lake in the world, the second-largest by volume, and the second-deepest, in all cases after Lake Baikal in Siberia. It is the world's longest freshwater lake. T ...

in the east. It is served by

Kabalo Airport Kabalo Airport is an airport serving the town of Kabalo, in the Tanganyika Province of Democratic Republic of the Congo. The runway is south of the town, paralleling the Lualaba River. See also * * *Transport in the Democratic Republic of the ...

External links

A Trans-Africa Inland Waterway System?

Democratic Republic of Congo Waterways Assessment

References

Populated places in Tanganyika Province {{DRCongo-geo-stub