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headwaters in Burundi
Nile
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forms a prototypical delta
Nile
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arises from Ethiopia's Lake Tana
Blue Nile
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Nile's biggest tributary
Blue Nile
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Lake Victoria, at...
Khartoum
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the first of the Nile's six cataracts is
Aswan High Dam
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Aswan High Dam, which forms
Lake Nasser
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Africa's second-longest river
Congo
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it flows in a counterclockwise arc some 2,900 miles
Congo River
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The Upper Congo's principal sources....
- Lualaba
- and Zambia's Chambeshi River
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rises in the Democratic Republic of the Congo's Katanga province
Lualaba
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formerly Stanley Falls
Boyoma Falls
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a section of seven cataracts near Kisangani
Boyoma Falls
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marks the beginning of the Congo River proper
BOyoma
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Forming the Malebo Pool
Lower congo
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Malebo Pool near
Kinshasa and Brazzaville
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flows past Angola's Cabinda exclave
Lower Congo
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Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness depicts
cruel conditions the Congo basin endured as a Belgian colony
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rises in eastern Angola
/zambezi
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flows along the borders of Namibia, Botswana, and Zimbabwe
zambezi
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passes through Zambia
zambezi
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crosses through Mozambique
zambezi
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enters the Indian Ocean's Mozambique Channel near
Chinde
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created to allow access the Zambezi
Namibia's Caprivi Strip
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form large lakes of the same name on Zambezi
Cabora Bassa and Kariba Dams
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Victoria Falls, or Mosi-oa-Tunya
Zambezi
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Mosi-oa-Tunya means
("the smoke that thunders"),
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is the largest waterfall by flow rate in Africa
Victoria Falls
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separates Zambia and Zimbabwe
Zambezi
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Africa's third-longest
Niger
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through Guinea, Mali, Niger, and Nigeria
Niger
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entering the Gulf of Guinea
Niger
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Empires were centered on the Niger
Mali and Songhai
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mapped by Scottish explorer Mungo Park in the 1790s
Niger
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it receives the Benue River in Nigeria
Niger
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Niger Delta, known for
its fisheries, wildlife, and petroleum, is an area of increasing social unrest
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Limpopo river extension in South Africa
Crocidile River
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Crocidile river in
South Africa's Witwatersrand region
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forms the Transvaal's border with Botswana and Zimbabwe
Limpopo
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then crosses through Mozambique (not zambezi)
Limpopo
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contributed to massive flooding of the Limpopo in 2000
Deforestation in Mozambique
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Rudyard Kipling, who in "The Elephant's Child" referred to it as "the great grey-green, greasy ----- River, all set about with fever-trees".
Limpopo
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Okavango flows for about 1,000 miles
Okavango
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from central Angola, through Namibia's Caprivi Strip, and into the Kalahari Desert of Botswana
okavango
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terminates in a massive inland swamp known
okavango
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The world's second-largest freshwater lake by area
Victoria
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shared between Uganda, Kenya, and Tanzania
Lake Victoria
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its lone outlet is the Victoria Nile
Victoria
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a precursor of the White Nile
Victoria Nile
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Named Lake Victoria
British explorer John Hanning Speke
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the introduction of the predatory Nile perch in the 1950s has caused environmental degradation, sending many native cichlid species into extinction
Victoria
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Africa's second-largest lake by area
lake tanganykia
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the second-deepest in the world
tangyika
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deepest lake in the world
Baikal
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contains seven times as much water as Lake Victoria
lake tanganyika
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4,700 ft deep
lake tanganyika
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Lualaba River source
lake tanganyika
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it is shared by Tanzania, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Burundi, and Zambia
tanganyika
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its Tanzanian shore is the town of Ujiji
tanganyika
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"found" Dr. David Livingstone in 1871.
Henry Morton Stanley
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or Lake Nyasa
Lake Malawi
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Africa's third-largest lake by area
malawi
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southernmost of the Great Rift Valley lakes
malawi
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between the nations of Malawi, Tanzania, and Mozambique
malawi
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between the nations of Malawi, Tanzania, and Mozambique
malawi
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its lone outlet is the Shire River
lake malawi
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a tributary of the Zambezi
Shire river
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contains hundreds of species of endemic fish, especially cichlids
lake malawi
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The largest manmade lake, by area, in the world
LAke volta
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created by the construction of Ghana's Akosombo Dam in 1960
volta
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covers the area where the Black Volta and White Volta rivers
volta
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enough to supply nearby aluminum smelters utilizing the energy-intensive Hall-Héroult process and the needs of the rest of the country.
akombo dam
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Formerly Africa's fourth-largest lake
lake chad
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pink lake (and country)
lake Retba in Senegal
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its surface area has been reduced by over 90% since the 1960s due to droughts and diversion of water from such sources
lake chad
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source of lake chad
Chari River
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The lake is at the intersection of Chad, Cameroon, Niger, Nigeria, Chad and Cameroon
lake chad
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very shallow and has no outlet, so seasonal rainfall causes large fluctuations in its arealake chad
lake chad
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Cities lying Lake Chad
Bol and N’guigmi
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When its water levels are high, its water is diverted through a string of basins called the Soro
Lake Chad
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Lake Chad's water is also discharged into the
Bodélé Depression
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It is partially fed by the Yobe River
Lake chad
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it separated into northern and southern basins by the Great Barrier
Lake Chad
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there was a proposal to divert the Ubangi River into this lake to maintain its volume
Lake Chad
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depth is only 11 meters
Lake Chad
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Cameroon and Niger were once in conflict over who actually had control
lake chad
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704 foot Kalambo Falls
lake tanganyika
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lak tanganyika cities
Mpala and Bujumbura
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The Malagarasi and Ruizi rivers flow into this lake
lake tanganyika
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tanganyika's largest outlet
Lukuga River
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boundary between Congo and Tanzania
lake tanganyika
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name this lake located southeast of Lake Tanganyika
lake malawi
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The largest river flowing into this lake is the Ruhuhu River
malawi
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the HMS Gwendolyn destroyed the German boat Hermann von Wissemann
lake malawi
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The Ripon (RIP-uhn) Falls at the outflow of this body of water are now submerged
lake victoria
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the Winam (WIN-am) Gulf and the Sese (SAY-SAY) archipelago
lake victoria
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Speke (SPEAK) Gulf is named for one explorer of this lake
lake victoria
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Kagera (kuh-GAIR-uh) River
lake victoria
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Kampala (KAHM-pah-lah), the capital of (*) Uganda, is located nearby
lake victoria
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Kendu and Homa Bays
victoria
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Near the city of Jinja,
lake victoria
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lake victoria dam
the Owen Falls Dam
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owens falls dam power station
Nalubaale Power Station
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largest island in lake victoria
Ukerewe Island is the largest island
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lake victoria islands
Ssese Islands
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Three-foot wooden sculptures carved by the Kerewe are found on the largest island in this body of water
Lake Victoria
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receives the Kagera River
lake victoria
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lake victoria extends into (gulf)
Kavirondo Gulf
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Lake Victoria includes parts of
Emin Pasha Gulf and Speke Gulf
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In 2006 a new species of the predatory Raiamas genus of fish was discovered in a tributary of this river, the Inkisi River, and other tributaries of it include the Lomami
Congo River
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This second most voluminous river
Lake Congo
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includes a tributary that also runs through Angola
Congo
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Angolan Congo River tributary
Kasai River
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Livingstone Falls on this river
Congo River
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A railroad beginning at Matadi
Congo river
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Congo River Falls
- Stanley Falls
- Boyoma Falls
- Livingstone Falls
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At Boyoma falls, Congo River becomes..
Lualaba River
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Congo sources
- Lake Mweru
- Lake Tanganyika
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double the output of Three Gorges Dam
Inga Dam, Congo River
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explored Congo River
Diogo Cam and James Tuckey
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Congo enters ocean at
Muanda
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Kisangani pool
Congo river
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Largest Congo Tributaries
Chambeshi, Lualaba and Ubangi rivers
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Congo River flows through these cities
Mbandaka, Boma and Matadi
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Lake Moeris was once connected by the Bahr Yussef canal into this river
Nile
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Nile's farthest outreach
Akagera River and the Coptic-Church monastery paradise of Lake Tana
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"Sea of the Mountains"
Nile River
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Nile power station
Kiira Power Station
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Kiira Power Station dam on Nile
Merowe Dam
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Cities on Nile
Juba and Jinja
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One tributary of this river has its origin at Lake Tana
Nile
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and meets another tributary near (*) Khartoum
Nile
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The al-Sudd marsh is formed by the primary tributary of this river
Nile
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known as the “Albert” branch before it reaches Nimule
Nile
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tributary of this river is also called the Abbay and originates in Lake Tana
Nile
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Rosetta and Damietta branches
Nile
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The Atbarah (“ott-BAR-uh”) is an arm of this river that starts at Lake Tana
Nile
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Nile Bridge
The October 6 Bridge spans this river
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Nile Basin
Rurubu and Kagera Rivers
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Nile Takes a sharp turn at
Qena after flowing to Armant
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Nile source
The Angereb River is one of its sources
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Vasco de Gama named it the Espiritu Santo River
Limpopo
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Limpopo joins the Marico River ..
at the Bushveld Basin
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Limpopo river is unnavigable until its confluence with the
Olifants
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Limpopo reaches the fall line after receiving...
Shashi River
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Limpopo dam
Hartbeespoort Dam
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shares its name with a province with capital at Polokwane
Limpopo
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Waterburg Biosphere
Limpopo River
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forms part of the Botswana-Zimbabwe border before joining Limpopo
Shoshe
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This river rises out of a bog near Kalene Hill
Zambezi
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Zambezi's largest contributer
Kafue River
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Joins Cuando river
Zambezi
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Zambezi dams
Kariba and Cahora Bassa
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silt removal to ease transportation between the cities of Baro and Warri
Niger River
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Niger Explorer
Explorer Mungo Park
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Niger Cities
Segou, Djenne, and Timbuktu
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