CONGO+RIVER

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The name of our amazing river is theCongo River. Our river starts at the democratic ofCongoor justCongo. Close to the end of the river it goes intoTanzaniathen spills into theAtlantic Ocean. There are lots of bridges on theCongobut unfortunately there are no major bridges on theCongo. There are a couple of lakes there lake Albert lake Edward lake kivu lake Mweru lake Tanganyika lake Mai Ndombe lake Tshangalele lake Tumba lake Upemba and lots others. The deepest part of our river is 230 metres or 750 feet. And the widest width is 64.55 metres wide. Lastly the origin name for the Congo River is theZaire River. CHARACTERISTICS OF THE RIVER The Congo River is estimated to be 4770 km long. Except as far as I have researched there are no waterfalls that I could find. Over the whole year theCongodoes not freeze at all. My river is not affected by tides because it starts in the middle of Africa then spills into theAtlanticso my river is defiantly not affected by tides. The largest boat that could come through is between 50 to 55 metres long. There are many problems that the Congo has except I chose the top 2 the first is there are dangerous amounts of sand lying under the river and still today there are dangers for cargo ships trying to navigate there way through the waters. Also another huge danger are piranhas the size of a human. Something very interesting about the wild life is that there are oversized chimpanzees called Billies that live in the area and locals say they eat nearby birds. In the Congo fishing is allowed all year round and if you do fish there you should go between July to November. I have searched many websites but I could not find any birds that dive for fish but I do know there a couple that do. The Congo does have a man eating fish in the waters that looks exactly like a piranha many say there related but there is no poof. Recreation

The people of the Congo use the river for many things clean water, washing clothes, boat rides, swimming, drinking water, rowing, washing your body fishing and many more. Many people swim in the river but it is extremely dangerous because of fish waiting for you. Ceremony’s deaths and parties.

 WILDLIFE  Something very interesting about the wild life is that there are oversized chimpanzees called Billies that live in the area and locals say they eat nearby birds. In the Congo fishing is allowed all year round and if you do fish there you should go between July to November. I have searched many websites but I could not find any birds that dive for fish but I do know there a couple that do. The Congo does have a man eating fish in the waters that looks exactly like a piranha many say there related but there is no poof.

**IMPORTANCE**

The Congo River is very important for survival as the people of the Congo drink get food and recourses from the river. The river is vitally important also for comical reasons as the big ships come into the Congolooking for trade. Although the Livingstone falls prevent access from the sea, nearly the entire Congo is readily navigable in sections, especially between Kinshasa and Kisangani. Large river steamers worked the river until quite recently. The Congo River still is a lifeline in a land without roads or railways. these are the city’s and countries Angola, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Gabon, Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, Tanzania, Zabia.   Transport  The people of the Congo use the river in so many ways in colluding sending logs down the river for food  and transport the transport is also a source of money as people take logs with food an other logs because  that is what they sell to countries because this is the trade used by the people for money the Congo is  also used for BIG! boats

 HISTORY  there are so manyships under the water the people stoped counting they crash because of sand banks there is nothing about the outher 3 questions

Water quality TheCongo riverwas not cleaner than it was 10 years ago but you can still eat the fish from the river. TheCongo River is generally dirty due to pollution it is not reused water a part from pollution there a no other problems.

