Congo Basin

Total Drainage Area: 4,014,500 km² (1,550,006 sq miles)

The world's second-largest river basin by discharge and area, hosting the second-largest continuous tropical rainforest on Earth.

Rivers in this Catchment (1)

🇨🇩 Democratic Republic of the Congo 4,700 km

Tropical Equatorial Deep-Gorge River Verified

Congo River

Zaire River, Fleuve Congo

The deepest recorded river in the world (surpassing 220 meters) and second only to the Amazon in discharge volume.

Length

4,700 km

Drainage Basin

Congo Basin

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