Kwango River

Kwango River
Rio Cuango
Rivière Kwango
Tazua Falls on Kwango River in Angola
NASA Satellite map showing Kwango River entering Kasai River
Location
Countries
Physical characteristics
SourceAlto Chicapa
 • locationAngola, Angola
 • elevation1,647 ft (502 m)
MouthAt Bandundu into Kasai River in Congo River basin
 • coordinates
3°14.666′S 17°22.416′E / 3.244433°S 17.373600°E / -3.244433; 17.373600
Length1,100 km (680 mi)
Basin size263,500 km2 (101,700 sq mi)
Discharge 
 • locationBandundu
 • average3,299 m3/s (116,500 cu ft/s)
Basin features
River systemCuango

The Cuango or Kwango (Portuguese: Rio Cuango; French: Rivière Kwango) is a transboundary river of Angola and Democratic Republic of Congo. It is the largest left bank tributary of the Kasai River in the Congo River basin.[1][2] It flows through Malanje in Angola. The Kwango River basin has large resources of diamonds in the Chitamba-Lulo Kimberlite Cluster in Lunda Norte Province, discovered in the main river channel and on flats and terraces in its flood plains.[3]

  1. ^ "Kwango River". Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved 24 January 2011.
  2. ^ "Kwango". The Free Dictionary by Farlex of The Great Soviet Encyclopedia. Retrieved 24 January 2011.
  3. ^ "Kwango River Project". BRC Congo Development S.P.R.L.; Kwango Mining S.P.R.L. Retrieved 24 January 2011.

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