Lualaba River

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The Lualaba River is the upper course of the Congo River in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, flowing through the southeast of the country and serving as a key waterway in Central Africa.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf river
tributary
basin Congo Rainforest
surface form: Congo Basin
basinCountry Democratic Republic of the Congo
connectedTo Lake Tanganyika via Lukuga River
continent Africa
country Democratic Republic of the Congo
dischargeLocation near Kisangani
drainageBasin Congo River
surface form: Congo River basin
drainsArea southeastern Congo Basin
environmentalIssue deforestation in catchment area
pollution from mining activities
flowsThrough Haut-Katanga Province
Lualaba Province
Maniema Province
Tanganyika Province
Tshopo Province
hasRapid Portes d’Enfer rapids
hasWaterfall Boyoma Falls
hydrologicalFunction Lualaba River self-linksurface differs
surface form: forms main headstream of Congo River
languageOfName local Bantu languages
length approximately 1800 km
locatedIn southeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo
locatedInMiningRegion Northwestern Zambia
surface form: Copperbelt of DR Congo
majorCityOnRiver Kisangani
Kolwezi
Likasi
mouth Congo River
mouthLocation Boyoma Falls
near Kisangani
nearNaturalResource cobalt deposits
copper deposits
partOf Congo River
region Central Africa
role major waterway of Central Africa
sourceRegion Haut-Katanga Province
Katanga Plateau
tributary Elila River NERFINISHED
Lindi River
Lomami River
Lowa River NERFINISHED
Lukuga River
Lusangi River
Luvua River NERFINISHED
Ulindi River
upperCourseOf Congo River
usedFor fishing
hydroelectric power potential
inland navigation
local transport

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Congo River majorTributary Lualaba River
Congo River upperCourseName Lualaba River
Kisangani locatedOnRiver Lualaba River
Lualaba River hydrologicalFunction Lualaba River self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: forms main headstream of Congo River
Aruwimi River languageVariantName Lualaba River
this entity surface form: Lualaba-Aruwimi
Lukuga River mouthLocatedIn Lualaba River
Lukuga River tributaryOf Lualaba River
Lukuga River dischargesInto Lualaba River