| Mongala River | |
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 Dug-outs on the Mongala c. 1941 | |
_(20828291992).jpg) 1899 map of the Mongala | |
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| Location | |
| Country | Democratic Republic of the Congo |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | |
| • coordinates | 3°19′24″N20°57′38″E / 3.32333°N 20.96056°E /3.32333; 20.96056 |
| Mouth | Congo River |
• coordinates | 1°53′25″N19°46′27″E / 1.890231°N 19.774108°E /1.890231; 19.774108 |
| Length | 285 km (177 mi) |
| Basin size | 52,200 km2 (20,200 sq mi) |
| Basin features | |
| Tributaries | |
| • left | Dwa River, Motima River |
| • right | Ebola River, Likame River, Libala River, Banga-Melo River |
TheMongala River (Swahili:Mto Mongala) in the northernDemocratic Republic of the Congo is a right tributary of theCongo River.
The Mongala River is 285 kilometres (177 mi) long, or 510 kilometres (320 mi) long if the Ebola tributary is included.[1]It is formed by the confluence of theDwa River and theEbola River in Nord-Ubangi province upstream fromBusinga.It flows southwest and then south pastLikimi on its right bank, then turns to flow west pastBinga on its left bank and then southwest to its confluence with the right bank of the Congo River atMobeka.[2]For most of its course it defines the western boundary betweenMongala province andSud-Ubangi province.Near its mouth the last short section runs between Mongala andÉquateur province.[2]
The Belgian soldierErnest Baert undertook two explorations of the Mongala River despite the hostility of the local people, who attempted to capture the steamers.He left Bangala on 23 November 1886 and ascended the Mongala on theA.I.A. for 66 hours to the furthest point reached by his predecessorsGeorge Grenfell andCamille Coquilhat, where he found a large local population that became increasingly hostile as the expedition advanced and attacked several times.He reached Mongandi and the Ebola–Dwa confluence on 1 December 1886, and founded a station at Moboika before returning to Bangalas.[3]
| Congo left bank (south) |  | |
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| Kasai basin | ||
| Congo right bank (north) | ||
| Lualaba and tributaries | ||
| Other | ||
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