Lomami River
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The Lomami River is a major tributary of the Congo River in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The river is approximately 1,280 kilometres (800 mi) long.[1] It flows north, west of and parallel to the upper Congo.
The Lomami rises in the south of the country, near Kamina and the Congo–Zambezi divide.[1] It flows north through Lubao, Tshofa, Kombe, Bolaiti, Opala, and Irema before joining the Congo at Isangi.
In October 1889 M. Janssen, Governor-General of the Congo State, explored the Lomani river upstream from Isangi on the Ville de Bruxelles. After steaming for 116 hours he was stopped by rapids at a latitude of 4°27'2" S.[2]
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- ^ a b Bossche, J.P. vanden; G. M. Bernacsek (1990). Source Book for the Inland Fishery Resources of Africa, Volume 1. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. p. 333. ISBN 9789251029831. http://books.google.com/books?id=WLZRxM9vfXoC&pg=PA333.
- ^ "The Lomami". Scottish geographical magazine (Royal Scottish Geographical Society) 6. 1890. http://books.google.ca/books?id=ohscAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA260.
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Coordinates: 0°46′N 24°16′E / 0.767°N 24.267°E
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