This is a list of rivers in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. This list is arranged by drainage basin, with respective tributaries indented under each larger stream's name.

Atlantic Ocean

Chiloango River The Chiloango River ( pt, Rio Chiluango, also known as Kakongo River, Louango, Shiloango and Rio Hi) is a river in western Central Africa. It forms the westernmost part of the border between the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the Republic o ...

Congo River The Congo River ( kg, Nzâdi Kôngo, french: Fleuve Congo, pt, Rio Congo), formerly also known as the Zaire River, is the second longest river in Africa, shorter only than the Nile, as well as the second largest river in the world by discharge ...

** M'pozo River **

Inkisi River The Inkisi River is the last (closest to the rivermouth) of the larger tributaries of the great Congo River, being the first south bank (left side) tributary, located in Western Central Africa. The township of Zongo is situated close to the conflu ...

(Zadi River) **

Ndjili River The Ndjili River is a river that flows from the south through the capital city of Kinshasa in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, where it joins the Congo River. It separates the districts of Tshangu and Mont Amba. The river gives its name to t ...

*** Lukaya River **

Lukunga River The Lukunga River is a river that flows through the capital city of Kinshasa in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, a tributary of the Congo River. Kinshasa lies on a plain that is surrounded by hills, drained by many rivers. Of these, the Lukun ...

Kasai River The Kasai River ( ; called Cassai in Angola) is a tributary (left side) of the Congo River, located in Central Africa. The river begins in central Angola and flows to the east until it reaches the border between Angola and the Democratic Repub ...

(Kwa River) ***

Fimi River The Fimi River is a river in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It flows from Lake Mai-Ndombe to the Kasai River, which in turn empties into the Congo. One of the Fimi's tributaries is the Lukenie River The Lukenie River is a river in the c ...

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Lukenie River The Lukenie River is a river in the central Congo basin of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). River barges from Kinshasa journey up the Congo, Kwah ( Kasai), and Fimi Rivers to the Lukenie as far as the landing at Kole, a journey of 6 ...

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Lokoro River The Lokoro River is a river in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, one of the largest affluents of Lake Mai-Ndombe. The river originates in the Dekese Territory, then flows west through the Lokolama sector of Oshwe Territory of Mai-Ndombe Provin ...

**** Lotoi River ***

Kwango River The Cuango or Kwango ( pt, Rio Cuango) is a transboundary river of Angola and Democratic Republic of Congo. It is the largest left bank tributary of the Kasai River in the Congo River basin. It flows through Malanje in Angola. The Kwango Riv ...

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Kwilu River The Kwilu River is a major river in the Kwilu Province formerly known as Bandundu province in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) to the city of Bandundu, where it joins the Kwango River just before this stream enters the Kasai River. In t ...

***** Inzia River *****

Kwenge River The Kwenge River is a stream in the Bandundu Province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The river begins in Angola and then for about it forms a short part of the Angola–DRC border. It flows north from the Angola border through the Kw ...

***** Lutshima River **** Wamba River ***** Bakali River *** Kamtsha River *** Luele River *** Lubue River ***

Loange River The Loange River (or Luangué, Luange) is a tributary of the Kasai River. Originating in Angola, the river flows north into the Democratic Republic of the Congo The Democratic Republic of the Congo (french: République démocratique du Cong ...

**** Lushiko River ***

Sankuru River The Sankuru River is a major river in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Its approximate length of 1,200 km"Sankuru River" in ''The New Encyclopædia Britannica''. Chicago: Encyclopædia Britannica Inc., 15th edn., 1992, Vol. 10, p. 278. ...

**** Lubudi River **** Lubefu River ****

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***** Fwa River ****

Mbuji-Mayi River The Mbuji-Mayi River, also spelt ''Bushmaie'', ''Bushimaie'', ''Bushimay'' or ''Mbushimaie'', is a river in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, a major tributary of the Sankuru River. It flows northwards from the Kapanga Territory in the provinc ...

(Bushimaie River) **** Luilu River ****

Lubilash River The Sankuru River is a major river in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Its approximate length of 1,200 km"Sankuru River" in ''The New Encyclopædia Britannica''. Chicago: Encyclopædia Britannica Inc., 15th edn., 1992, Vol. 10, p. 278. ...

**** Luenbe River *** Lutshuadi River ***

Lulua River Lulua River is a river in the Congo basin in Africa situated in the Democratic Republic of Congo. It is a right tributary of the Kasai River The Kasai River ( ; called Cassai in Angola) is a tributary (left side) of the Congo River, located ...

**** Loebo River *** Lovua River *** Chicapa River *** Luachimo River *** Chiumbe River **** Luia River *** Lueta River (Kaongeshi River) **

Ubangi River The Ubangi River (), also spelled Oubangui, is the largest right-bank tributary of the Congo River in the region of Central Africa. It begins at the confluence of the Mbomou (mean annual discharge 1,350 m3/s) and Uele Rivers (mean annual discharge ...

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Ngiri River The Ngiri River (or Giri River) is a tributary of the Ubangi River that flows southward through the Sud-Ubangi District of Équateur province, Democratic Republic of the Congo. The Ngiri originates near the town of Kungu Kungu is a town and c ...

*** Lua River ***

Mbomou River The Mbomou River or Bomu (also spelled M'bomou in French) forms part of the boundary between the Central African Republic (CAR) and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). The Mbomou merges with the Uele River to form the Ubangi River. The U ...

**** Bili River ***

Uele River The Uele, also known by the phonetically identical Uélé, Ouélé, or Welle River, is a river in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Course The Uele forms at Dungu, at the confluence of the Dungu and Kibali rivers, which both originate ...

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Bima River The Bima River is a river of Bas-Uélé province in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It is a left tributary of the Uele River. Course The Bima flows through the Poko, Bambesa and Buta territories and enters the Uele River near Malengweya ...

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Uere River The Uere River, also spelled Were River is a river in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It originates near the border with Sudan and flows west to join the Uele River The Uele, also known by the phonetically identical Uélé, Ouélé, or W ...

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Bomokandi River The Bomokandi River is a river in the Congo Basin in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The river originates in the southeast of Haut-Uélé province near Gombari, and flows in a ENE direction through Haut-Uélé and Bas-Uélé Bas-Uélé ...

**** Duru River **** Dungu River ***** Garamba River **** Kibali River ***** Nzoro River **

Ruki River The Ruki is a river in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It is a left tributary of the Congo River. It may be seen as the lower reach of the Busira River, which in turn may be seen as the lower reach of the Tshuapa River. Location The Ruki is ...

*** Momboyo River **** Lokolo River **** Luilaka River **** Loile River *** Busira River **** Salonga River ***** Yenge River **** Lomela River *****

Tshuapa River The Tshuapa River or Rivière Tshwapa is a river in Democratic Republic of the Congo, the main tributary of the Busira River. Course The river rises in the south of the Sankuru Nature Reserve and meanders north-northwest to Elinga-Mpango and on ...

** Ikelemba River **

Lulonga River The Lulonga is a river in the Equateur province of Democratic Republic of the Congo. It is about 200 km long from its beginning at the town of Basankusu. The Lopori and the Maringa join to form the Lulonga there. The Lulonga River flows i ...

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Lopori River The Lopori river is a river in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The Lopori, and the Maringa River to the south, join near Basankusu to form the Lulonga River, a tributary of the Congo River The Congo River ( kg, Nzâdi Kôngo, french: Fl ...

**** Bolombo River ***

Maringa River The Maringa river is a river in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The Maringa, and the Lopori River to the north, join near Basankusu to form the Lulonga River, a tributary of the Congo River. The Maringa / Lopori basin contains the Maringa- ...

**** Lomako River ** Mongala River ***

Ebola River The Ebola River ( or ), also commonly known by its indigenous name Legbala, is the headstream of the Mongala River, a tributary of the Congo River, in northern Democratic Republic of the Congo. It is roughly in length. The name ''Ebola'' is a F ...

Itimbiri River The Itimbiri River is a right tributary of the Congo River, which it joins above Bumba. At one time it was important as a navigable waterway for transporting good from the northeast of the country down to the Congo. Course The Itimbiri River or ...

*** Tele River ***

Likati River Likati River is a river of northern Democratic Republic of the Congo, a tributary of the Itimbiri River. It flows through Aketi Territory in Bas-Uele District. It was referenced in Congo Shadows by John B. Franz. At Libongo, northwest of the tow ...

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Rubi River The Rubi River (french: Rivière Rubi) is a left tributary of the Itimbiri River, which forms where the Rubi joins the Likati River. Course The Rubi River originates in the southeast of the Bas-Uélé province, then flows west until it meets the L ...

Aruwimi River The Aruwimi River is a tributary of the Congo River, located to the north and east of the Congo.Stanley, H.M., 1899, Through the Dark Continent, London: G. Newnes, Vol. One , Vol. Two The Aruwimi begins as the Ituri River, which rises near Lake ...

*** Lulu River ***

Nepoko River The Nepoko River is a river in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It joins the Ituri River at the town of Bomili to form the Aruwimi River. The river separates different groups of the Budu people of Wamba Territory, who speak different dialect ...

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Ituri River The Ituri River is a river of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It is the main tributary of the Aruwimi River, which forms where the Ituri meets the Nepoko River. It gives its name to Ituri Province. Course The Ituri has its headwaters in pr ...

**** Lenda River **

Lomami River The Lomami River is a major tributary of the Congo River in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The river is approximately long. It flows north, west of and parallel to the upper Congo. The Lomami rises in the south of the country, near Kamina ...

Lindi River The Lindi is a minor river of northeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo. It flows through the Tshopo and North Kivu provinces. Settlements *Bafwasende *Asangwa Asangwa is a town in North Kivu in northeastern Democratic Republic of the Cong ...

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Tshopo River The Tshopo River is a river in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It flows through the north of the city of Kisangani and joins the Lindi River just before that river enters the Congo River. It gives its name to the province of Tshopo. Basin T ...

** Maiko River **

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 ...

(upper Congo River) *** Lowa River **** Oso River ***

Ulindi River The Ulindi River is a tributary of the Lualaba River in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). There is a proposal to build a hydroelectric power plant on the river to power a gold mining project. Location The river rises in the east of Sout ...

**** Lugulu River ***

Elila River The Elila River is a tributary of the Lualaba River in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It rises in Mwenga Territory of Sud-Kivu Province and flows west through Shabunda Territory and then Pangi Territory in Maniema Province, entering the Lu ...

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Luama River The Luama River is a tributary of the Lualaba River in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). Location The Luama rises in the mountains to the west of Lake Tanganyika, in the Kalemie Territory of Tanganyika District. It flows north and nor ...

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Lukuga River The Lukuga River is a tributary of the Lualaba River in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) that drains Lake Tanganyika. It is unusual in that its flow varies not just seasonally but also due to longer term climate fluctuations. Location ...

**** Luizi River **** Lake Tanganyika *****

Ruzizi River The Ruzizi (also sometimes spelled Rusizi) is a river, long, that flows from Lake Kivu to Lake Tanganyika in Central Africa, descending from about to about above sea level over its length. The steepest gradients occur over the first , where h ...

***** Mulobozi River *** Luvidjo River ***

Luvua River The Luvua River (or ''Lowa River'') is a river in the Katanga Province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). It flows from the northern end of Lake Mweru on the Zambia-Congo border in a northwesterly direction for to its confluence with ...

**** Lukushi River ****

Luapula River The Luapula River is a section of Africa's second-longest river, the Congo. It is a transnational river forming for nearly all its length part of the border between Zambia and the DR Congo. It joins Lake Bangweulu (wholly in Zambia) to Lake ...

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Lufira River The Lufira River is a tributary of the Lualaba River in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). The Lufira rises in the Shaba plateau south of Likasi. The river was dammed in 1926 at Mwadingusha near Likasi to form Lake Tshangalele, a rese ...

*** Lubudi River

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*''Nile'' **''White Nile'' *** Lake Albert ****

Semliki River Semliki River is a major river, long, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Uganda in Central and East Africa. It flows north from Lake Edward in Beni Territory, Nord-Kivu, D.R.C avoiding the Rwenzori Mountains on its Right (East), emp ...

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Rutshuru River The Rutshuru River is a river in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo that drains Lake Mutanda in the foothills of the Virunga Mountains in Uganda, flowing northward into Lake Rutanzige (formerly Lake Edward). For most of its length it ...

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Ishasha River The Ishasha is a river in southwest Uganda, forming part of the border with the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It runs from its source north of Kabale to its mouth at Lake Edward. Its length is very roughly ignoring the many small meanders. ...

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Lake Edward Lake Edward (locally Rwitanzigye or Rweru) is one of the smaller African Great Lakes. It is located in the Albertine Rift, the western branch of the East African Rift, on the border between the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Uganda, ...

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References

*Prentice-Hall, Inc., ''American World Atlas'' 1985 *National Geographic, ''Atlas of the World'' Revised 6th Edition 1992
United Nations 2011
{{Africa topic, List of rivers of * Congo, Democratic Republic of the Rivers