SAN FRANCISCO — A mysterious case of dying fish in the lower Congo River helped scientists discover that this body is the deepest river on the planet. It's also a place where raging rapids ...

The view on top of the bridge aboard the M/B SETB, two 50-foot barges lashed together and powered by a tugboat. Vessels like this plying the Congo River are the cheapest and most efficient way to ...

Simien Mountains, Astrolabe Bay, Yarra River. Skip to content. All Sections. Subscribe Now. 59°F. ... Name the oil-rich exclave that lies just north of the mouth of the Congo River. 5.

The capital and largest city of Congo is Kinshasa, which is located on the Congo River. The official language of the country is French, although over 200 other languages are also spoken.

Stiassny thinks the river's power is shaping evolution in the Congo. New species evolve when some geographic barrier—a mountain range, an ocean, a glacier—divides a population.

The Congo River in Central Africa is one of the world's great rivers, carrying 1.25 million cubic feet of water—more than 13 Olympic-sized swimming pools—into the Atlantic Ocean every second.

The Congo River is a long, ... Some of the more well-recognized and charismatic mammals in the region include forest elephants, lowland and mountain gorillas, chimpanzees, bonobos, okapi, ...

Giants & Pygmies. The Congo supplies the U.S. with well over half the uranium produced in the non-Communist world; it also mines and exports 75% of the free world’s cobalt (essential for jet ...

Of these centres, the lower Guinea area (the coast from the mouth of Niger River to the mouth of the Congo River) is regarded as the richest. Reports indicate high levels of endemism both in lowland ...

The changing course of a river marking the natural border between Uganda and the Democratic Republic of Congo has caused boundary confusion in an oil rich area, a Ugandan official told AFP Tuesday.

The river bottom of the lower Congo lies more than 650 feet (200 meters) below the surface, according to findings published in 2009 by the U.S. Geological Survey.