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The Congo Basin is located in Central Africa, in a region known as west equatorial Africa. The Congo Basin region is sometimes known simply as the Congo. It contains some of the largest tropical rainforests in the world and is an important source of water used in agriculture and energy generation. [1]
Description: basin of the Congo River in west equatorial Africa; Location: DR Congo, Central Africa, Africa; View on OpenStreetMap
1 wrz 2024 · The Congo basin is the second largest rainforest in the world, The Congo basin covers 1,700,000 square kilometres- roughly 18% of all global rainforests and covers 6 African countries.
3 lis 2024 · Congo basin, basin of the Congo River, lying astride the Equator in west-central Africa. It is the world’s second largest river basin (next to that of the Amazon), comprising an area of more than 1.3 million square miles (3.4 million square km).
The Congo River basin is the second largest continuous tropical rain forest in the world and houses the largest peatland complex in Africa. ... Modelling of River Flows, Sediment and...
22 lip 2024 · The Congo basin refers to the basin of the Congo River lying across the equator in west-central Africa. It is the world’s second-largest river basin (after the Amazon River basin), covering over 1.3 million square miles.
This maps shows great bodies of water - rivers and lakes - of the six countries of the Congo Basin