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14-545: The Lualaba River enters the Upemba Depression about 40 kilometres (25 mi) after leaving Lake Nzilo (Delcommune reservoir). The depression is a trough-like graben about 400 kilometres (250 mi) long and 100 kilometres (62 mi) wide, running from the southwest to the northeast. The trough is about 1,000 metres (3,300 ft) above sea level at its southwest end, sloping steeply down to an elevation of 610 metres (2,000 ft), where it flattens out and

28-567: A series of marshy lakes in the lower Upemba Depression , including Lake Upemba and Lake Kisale . Ankoro lies on the west bank of the Lualaba River, opposite its confluence with the Luvua River from the east. Some geographers call the combined river below this point the "Upper Congo". Below Kongolo , the river becomes unnavigable as it enters the narrow gorge of Portes d'Enfer ( Gates of Hell ). Between Kasongo and Kibombo,

42-465: Is filled by lakes and marshes for a distance of 225 kilometres (140 mi) in a belt that is 37 kilometres (23 mi) wide on average. The river generally flows through the marshes between the lakes, to which it is connected by narrow channels. However, as it flows through lakes Lake Kabwe and Lake Kisale, these may be seen as expansions of the river bed. In 1957 pottery and metal objects were excavated from an Iron Age cemetery discovered at Sanga on

56-673: Is marked after the seventh cataract, near Kisangani , where it becomes the Congo River. The Lualaba River serves as the northern and western boundary of Upemba National Park , protecting habitats on the Kibara Plateau in Katanga Province of the southeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo. The largest tributaries of the Lualaba River are: Cities and towns along and near the Lualaba River include: The Lualaba River

70-726: The Lualaba River between the river port towns of Ubundu and Kisangani (also known as Boyoma) in the Orientale Province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo . The seven cataracts have a total drop of 61 m (200 ft). They form the largest waterfall by volume of annual flow rate in the world, exceeding both the Niagara Falls and the Iguazu Falls . The two major cataracts are

84-690: The source of the Congo is recognized as the Chambeshi . The Lualaba is 1,800 kilometres (1,100 mi) long. Its headwaters are in the country's far southeastern corner near Musofi and Lubumbashi in Katanga Province , next to the Zambian Copperbelt . The source of the Lualaba River is on the Katanga plateau , at an elevation of 1,400 metres (4,600 ft) above sea level. The river flows northward to end near Kisangani , where

98-460: The Lualaba. Boyoma Falls Boyoma Falls ( Swahili : Maporomoko ya Maji ya Boyoma , French : chutes de Boyoma , Dutch : Boyomawatervallen ), formerly known as Stanley Falls ( French : Chutes Stanley ; Dutch : Stanleywatervallen ), is a series of seven cataracts , each no more than 5 m (16 ft) high, extending over more than 100 km (62 mi) along a curve of

112-465: The copper belt further to the south. This Democratic Republic of the Congo location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Lualaba River The Lualaba River ( Kongo : Nzâdi Luâlâmba , Swahili : Mto Lualamba ) flows entirely within the eastern part of Democratic Republic of the Congo . It provides the greatest streamflow to the Congo River , while

126-603: The first below Ubundu, forming a narrow and crooked stream that is hardly accessible, and the last that can be seen and visited from Kisangani. At the bottom of the rapids, the Lualaba is known as the Congo River . A 1m-gauge portage railway bypasses the series of rapids, connecting Kisangani and Ubundu. The last of the seven cataracts of the Boyoma Falls is also known as the Wagenia Falls ( French : chutes Wagenia , Dutch : Wageniawatervallen ), referring to

140-512: The local Wagenya fishermen, who have developed a special technique to fish in the river. They build systems of wooden tripods across the rapids fixed in holes carved in the rock by the water current. These serve as anchors for baskets that entrap large fish. The baskets are lowered in the rapids to “sieve” the waters for fish. It is a very selective fishing method, as these baskets are quite big, and only large fish are entrapped. The falls were formerly named after Henry Morton Stanley , who explored

154-702: The name Congo River officially begins. From the Katanga plateau it drops, with waterfalls and rapids marking the descent, to the Manika plateau. As it descends through the upper Upemba Depression (Kamalondo Trough), 457 metres (1,499 ft) in 72 kilometres (45 mi). Near Nzilo Falls it is dammed for hydroelectric power at the Nzilo Dam . At Bukama in Haut-Lomami District the river becomes navigable for about 640 kilometres (400 mi) through

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168-752: The northern shore of the lake. The site provides evidence for the origins of the Luba people of present-day Zambia and the DRC, thought to be one of the first groups to work with iron in Central Africa. By 800 CE they were living in permanent settlements by the lakes, marshes and rivers of the region. The soil is fertile, supporting productive farms for crops such as sorghum and millet, while fish and game provided sources of protein. The population grew and society became more complex. Grave goods include copper artifacts which must have been obtained by trading with people of

182-487: The river is navigable for about 100 kilometres (62 mi), before rapids make it unnavigable again between Kibombo and Kindu ( Port-Empain ). From Kindu up to the Boyoma Falls at Ubundu , the stream is navigable again for more than 300 kilometres. The Boyoma Falls or Stanley Falls are made up of seven cataracts, over a stretch of 100 kilometres (62 mi) of the river, between Ubundu and Kisangani. The river's end

196-729: Was once considered a possible source of the Nile , until Henry Morton Stanley journeyed down it and proved that it drained into the Atlantic Ocean . Stanley referred to it as the Livingstone. "Had not Livingstone spoken of the river at Nyangwe as the Lualaba, I should not have mentioned the word except as a corruption by the Waguha of the Wenya term Lu-al-ow-wa..." French colonial governor Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza also explored

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