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The Ebola River (/ i ˌ b oʊ l ə / or / ə ˈ b oʊ l ə /), [1] [2] also commonly known by its Ngbandi name Legbala, [3] is the headstream of the Mongala River, a tributary of the Congo River, in northern Democratic Republic of the Congo. [4]
27 maj 2021 · The Congo Rainforest encompasses six African countries: Cameroon, Central African Republic, Republic of Congo, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Equatorial Guinea, and Gabon. DRC has the largest rainforest area, with over 264 million acres, roughly 60% of Central Africa's lowland forest cover.
The Congolian rainforests (French: Forêts tropicales congolaises) are a broad belt of lowland tropical moist broadleaf forests which extend across the basin of the Congo River and its tributaries in Central Africa.
1 sie 2020 · The Congo is the Earth's second largest river by volume, draining an area of 3.7 million square kilometers (1.4 million square miles) known as the Congo Basin. Much of the basin is covered by rich tropical rainforests and swamps.
A mosaic of rivers, forests, savannas, swamps and flooded forests, the Congo Basin is teeming with life. Gorillas, elephants and buffalo all call the region home. The Congo Basin spans across six countries—Cameroon, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea and Gabon.
29 mar 2021 · New ebola deaths were recently reported in North Kivu. The virus, which causes a rare and often fatal haemorrhagic fever, was first identified in Congo (then Zaire) in 1976. Exactly how the virus first infected humans is unknown, but scientists believe it stemmed from the butchering of wild animals.
Ebola first appeared in 1976 in 2 simultaneous outbreaks, one in what is now Nzara, South Sudan, and the other in Yambuku, Democratic Republic of the Congo. The latter occurred in a village near the Ebola River, from which the disease takes its name.
