The Lomami River ( Swahili : Mto Lomami , French : Rivière Lomami , Dutch : Lomami Rivier ) is a major tributary of the Congo River in the Democratic Republic of the Congo . The river is approximately 1,280 km (800 mi) long. It flows north, west of and parallel to the upper Congo.
3-521: The Lomami rises in the south of the country, near Kamina and the Congo– Zambezi divide . It flows north through Lubao , Tshofa [ fr ] , Kombe , Bolaiti , Opala , and Irema before joining the Congo at Isangi . Henry Morton Stanley reached the confluence of the two rivers on 6 Jan. 1877, "the affluent Lumami, which Livingstone calls 'Young's river,' entered the great stream, by
6-581: A mouth 600 yards wide, between low banks densely covered with trees." In October 1889 M. Janssen, Governor-General of the Congo State, explored the Lomani river upstream from Isangi on the Ville de Bruxelles . After steaming for 116 hours he was stopped by rapids at a latitude of 4°27'2" S. The river has lent its name to a number of biological species , including the monkey Cercopithecus lomamiensis and
9-557: The flowering plant Pavetta lomamiensis . 0°46′N 24°16′E / 0.767°N 24.267°E / 0.767; 24.267 This article related to a river in the Democratic Republic of the Congo is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Kamina Too Many Requests If you report this error to the Wikimedia System Administrators, please include
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