Cuanza River

You can help expand this article with text translated from the corresponding article in French. (December 2021) Click [show] for important translation instructions. Machine translation, like DeepL or Google Translate, is a useful starting point for translations, but translators must revise errors as necessary and confirm that the translation is accurate, rather than simply copy-pasting machine-translated text into the English Wikipedia. Consider adding a topic to this template: there are already 6,174 articles in the main category, and specifying|topic= will aid in categorization. Do not translate text that appears unreliable or low-quality. If possible, verify the text with references provided in the foreign-language article. You must provide copyright attribution in the edit summary accompanying your translation by providing an interlanguage link to the source of your translation. A model attribution edit summary is Content in this edit is translated from the existing French Wikipedia article at [[:fr:Kwanza (fleuve)]]; see its history for attribution. You may also add the template {{Translated|fr|Kwanza (fleuve)}} to the talk page. For more guidance, see Wikipedia:Translation.

Kwanza Cuanza, Coanza, Quanza,
Kwanza River and tributaries
Location
Country	Angola
Physical characteristics
Source	Bié Plateau[1]
• location	Central Angola
• elevation	1,234 m (4,049 ft)
Mouth	Atlantic Ocean
• location	60 km (37 mi) south of Luanda
• coordinates	9°21′S 13°9′E / 9.350°S 13.150°E / -9.350; 13.150
Length	960 km (600 mi)[1]
Basin size	152,570 km2 (58,910 sq mi)[2]
Discharge
• location	Near mouth
• average	(Period: 1971–2000)1,944.3 m3/s (68,660 cu ft/s)[2]
Basin features
River system	Kwanza River
Tributaries
• left	Kukema, Cunhinga, Ngango, Cutato
• right	Cuiva, Luando, Cuige, Lucala
Waterbodies	Cambambe reservoir

The Kwanza River,^[3] also known as the Coanza,^[4] the Quanza,^[4] and the Cuanza, is one of the longest rivers in Angola. It empties into the Atlantic Ocean just south of the national capital Luanda.