The Congo–Nile Divide or the Nile–Congo Watershed is the continental divide that separates the drainage basins of the Congo and Nile rivers. It is about...
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Continental divides in which waters on each side flow to different oceans, such as the Continental Divide of the Americas and the Congo-Nile Divide. Major...
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The Congo-Nile Divide region of Rwanda and Burundi is a mountainous area in the southern section of the Congo-Nile Divide, to the east of the Albertine...
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the most significant continental divide is the Congo-Nile Divide between the watersheds of the Nile and the Congo, passing through the area of the African...
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List of rivers of Rwanda (section Nile Basin)
Rusizi District Most of Rwanda lies to the east of the Congo-Nile Divide and drains into the Nile basin. The main rivers are Mwogo, Rukarara, Mukungwa,...
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(150 sq mi), Kibira National Park lies atop the mountains of the Congo-Nile Divide. It extends north from the provincial town of Muramvya to the border...
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Natural regions of Burundi (redirect from Congo-Nile ridge)
Burundi may also be divided into five ecological zones: The first three are the same as the topological zones: the Imbo Plain, Congo-Nile Crest and Central...
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Equator and stretching from the Atlantic Ocean through the Congo Basin to the Congo / Nile divide in Rwanda and Burundi. Formerly, this region was largely...
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distant headwater of the Nile. The Rukarara rises in forested country in southern Rwanda to the east of the Congo-Nile Divide. The Kamiranzovu Swamp in...
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Tourism in Rwanda (section Congo Nile Trail)
a roof. The Congo Nile Trail is a hiking and mountain biking trail along the Congo Nile Divide between Rusizi and Rubavu., The Congo Nile Trail has 8...
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arrived in Egypt in 1876, ascending the Nile River to southern Sudan and then crossed the Congo-Nile Divide into the Congo River basin through what is now the...
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Mwogo rises in forested country in southern Rwanda to the east of the Congo-Nile Divide. It has its sources in the Kitabi sector of the Nyamagabe District...
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The Congo River, formerly also known as the Zaire River, is the second-longest river in Africa, shorter only than the Nile, as well as the third-largest...
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of Burundi. The Congo-Nile ridge is an immense steep slope with very rugged relief that forms the divide between the Nile and the Congo River. Mumirwa...
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straddles the crest of the Congo–Nile Divide which separates the basins of the Congo and Nile rivers. The farthest headwaters of the Nile, the Ruvyironza River...
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(Congo-Nile-Lake Chad Triple Divide). Water from this point flows to the Atlantic Ocean via the Congo River, to the Mediterranean Sea via the Nile, or...
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Mbirurume rises in forested country in southern Rwanda to the east of the Congo-Nile Divide. It originates in the extreme north of the Nyungwe National Park,...
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Uganda. The boundary roughly follows the division between the Nile and Congo drainage divide. The border first emerged during the Scramble for Africa, a...
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mountains, lakes, valleys and volcanoes." Another feature is the Congo-Nile Divide. This mountain range passes through Rwanda in a north to south direction...
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(formed by the border with DR Congo). The western region of the country is formed by the hilly terrain of the Congo-Nile Divide, with many hills lying above...
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Congolian rainforests (redirect from Congo jungle)
lowland tropical moist broadleaf forests which extend across the basin of the Congo River and its tributaries in Central Africa. The Congolian rainforest is...
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a tributary of the upper Tonj River. In January Miani crossed the Congo-Nile Divide and entered the basin of the Uele River, which the local people called...
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Ndagijimana, D.; Ndayiziga, O. (2007). "Conservation of Chimpanzees in the Congo nile divide forests of Rwanda and Burundi". WCS, ORTPN, INECN. "Gishwati Forest...
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Jur River (category Nile basin)
from the Congo-Nile Divide, which separates the Nile and Congo River basins, along South Sudan's border with the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the...
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French Congo's border with Sudan was fixed along the Congo-Nile divide. This situation left France without her much coveted outlet on the Nile. In 1900...
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Barambu people (category Ethnic groups in the Democratic Republic of the Congo)
Api River. After the "Sudanese" sections of the tribe crossed the Congo-Nile Divide they settled between the Mongu and Ringasi rivers. In 1948 about 2...
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Duru River (category Rivers of the Democratic Republic of the Congo)
Republic of the Congo. It is a right tributary of the Uele River. The river rises on the border with South Sudan (the Congo-Nile Divide) in the Réserve...
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Nilo-Saharan languages (redirect from Chari–Nile languages)
the upper parts of the Chari and Nile rivers, including historic Nubia, north of where the two tributaries of the Nile meet. The languages extend through...
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The Congo Free State, also known as the Independent State of the Congo (French: État indépendant du Congo), was a large state and absolute monarchy in...
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Berlin Conference (redirect from Congo Conference on colonization of Africa (1884))
According to a 2024 study, the conference only set the borders for the Congo region (those borders were later revised). The study finds that "most of...
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