The Busira River is a river in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It is the main tributary of the Ruki River , which in turn is a tributary of the Congo River . The Busira may be seen as the upper reach of the Ruki River. It is navigable year round.
19-887: The Salonga River is a river in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It is a tributary of the Busira River . The river's name is said to come from a mispronunciation of "nsao'loonga", the local name of a bird. The Salonga River meanders in a generally northwest direction through the Salonga National Park and on to its confluence with the Busira River. The Salonga National Park is the largest forest national park in Africa, with an area of 33,350 square kilometres (12,880 sq mi). The river enters
38-815: Is in February and June-July. Villages along the Busira River include Lingunda, Boleke, Bokote and Loolo. These have markets for wild animals and for forest products from the nearby Salonga National Park . They are the main source of bushmeat in the markets of Mbandaka , where the Ruki River joins the Congo River. The Busira forms in the heart of the central depression of the Congo Basin . Rainfall here averages 2,000 millimetres (79 in) annually, with no dry season. The Tshuapa and Lomela tributaries both run through wide belts of swampland. There are swamps on
57-602: The Bloc de la Busira-Momboyo , created in 1901, along the Busira and Momboyo rivers. This property of 1,041,373 hectares (2,573,290 acres) was exploited by the SAB. In 1904, in the last months before the concession was taken back by the state, the SAB harvested 50 tons of dry rubber, of which 6 were from Ikelemba, 34 from Busira and 10 from Salonga Lomela. Bloc de la Busira-Momboyo The Bus Bloc , or Bloc de la Busira-Momboyo ,
76-534: The Compagnie du Kasaï and Société du Busira concession companies. After this, SAB began to expand again as the concession system was gradually phased out. In 1911 Charles Batjoens headed a mission to delimit the Bus Bloc at Bussanga (Equateur). The Belgians treated the local people brutally and forced them to extract rubber in appalling conditions. It is estimated that hundreds of thousands died as victims to
95-594: The Busira 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) upstream from Lotoko . It is navigable all year with 50 ton barges up to Watsi-Kengo . Busira River The Busira River forms a few miles west of Boende where the Lomela River joins the Tshuapa River from the left. The Busira receives the Salonga River 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) upstream from Lotoko . The Momboyo River joins the Busira River from
114-522: The Busira and Momboyo before they join to form the Ruki. Swamps cover 55,000 hectares (140,000 acres) on the Busira between 19°00'E and 19°27'E. The Busira River feeds the Mbandaka flooded forests, and floods 925 square kilometres (357 sq mi). Edaphic savannas, small herbaceous clearings on sandy, or loamy to clayey soil, are found beside the channels of the Busira River. They are separated from
133-602: The CFC's remaining 539,326 hectares in an area between the Salonga and Busira rivers, and to add another 500,000 hectares (1,200,000 acres), as long as this included the 168,512 hectares (416,400 acres) already allocated in the Busira-Momboyo basin, forming a single bloc. It took some time to settle on the limits of the bloc, which were finally established in an agreement on 13 December 1904. The expansion by 500,000 hectares
152-749: The French territory to the west of the Congo and Ubangi rivers. A map shows the company had posts along the upper Ruki River (i.e. the Busira) at Bilakamba , Bombimba , Bussira Manene , Moniaca , Bocoté and Yolongo . It also had a post at Bomputu on the Lengué (Salonga) River, and posts at Balalondzy, Ivulu and Ivuku on the Momboyo River . The post at Monieka formally established in 1901. The Compagnie du Congo pour le Commerce et l'Industrie (CCCI)
171-405: The French territory to the west of the Congo and Ubangi rivers. A map shows the company had posts along the upper Ruki River at Bilakamba , Bombimba , Bussira Manene , Moniaca , Bocoté and Yolongo . It also had a post at Bomputu on the Lengué (Salonga) River, and posts at Balalondzy, Ivulu and Ivuku on the Momboyo River . The Compagnie du Congo pour le Commerce et l'Industrie (CCCI)
190-569: The Upper Busira. The rebels attacked state posts, trading stations, factories, homes and a Catholic chapel. The military arrived in March 1921 and over the next five months killed at least 115 rebels. On 21 March 1927 the SAB received all the land rights in the bloc. The capital and number of shares in the SAB was increased, and the CCCI and CFC were compensated with shares in SAB. On 26 June 1937
209-666: The agents of the Anglo-Belgian India Rubber Company (ABIR) or of the SAB in the Bus-Bloc. The American doctor Louis Jaggard (1877–1951) at the Monieka mission spoke in 1917 with scorn of the 30 or so traders at Bussira , 4 miles (6.4 km) away, who came to him for treatment. He called them "low down white trash". A rebellion that began in Sankuru in 1920 spread to the SAB's Bus Bloc concession on
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#1732780022253228-522: The left to form the Ruki River above Ingende . The Busira is 305 kilometres (190 mi) long, and the whole Ruki-Busira waterway is 408 kilometres (254 mi) long. The Ruki–Busira can be navigated year round, since the depth is always more than 1 metre (3 ft 3 in) and reaches 2 metres (6 ft 7 in) in the flood period. High water is in March-April and November. Low water
247-464: The river by a strip of gallery forest. They form on old sandbanks or dried out lagoons left behind when the river changed course. The vegetation is dominated by Hyparrhenia diplandra . The savannas are transitional and gradually disappear as they are invaded by the forest. As of 1 January 1894 the Société anonyme belge pour le commerce du Haut-Congo (SAB) had 83 factories and posts, including some in
266-597: Was a huge concession in the Congo Free State , later the Belgian Congo , operated by the Société anonyme belge pour le commerce du Haut-Congo (SAB). It covered land along and between the Busira River and Momboyo River . In the early days the SAB exploited the local people ruthlessly in their demands for rubber, and many died. As of 1 January 1894 the Société anonyme belge pour le commerce du Haut-Congo (SAB) had 83 factories and posts, including some in
285-468: Was given 1,500 hectares (3,700 acres) of land for every 1 kilometre (0.62 mi) of line put into operation, as well as a strip 200 metres (660 ft) wide along the railway. The CFC chose 11,500 hectares (28,000 acres) within the future Bus Bloc, and as of 1901 still had 539,326 hectares (1,332,700 acres) unallocated. In an agreement of 9 November 1901 the Congo Free State agreed to allocate
304-532: Was given the right to 150,000 hectares (120,000 acres) of land in return for its services in studying the Matadi-Léopoldville Railway project. 138,000 hectares (340,000 acres) of the CCCI concession was in the general area of the Bus Bloc, but of this 123,000 hectares (300,000 acres) were outside its future boundaries. The SAB had a block of 2,000 hectares (4,900 acres) in the future Bus Bloc. The Compagnie du chemin de fer du Congo (CFC)
323-421: Was given the right to 150,000 hectares (120,000 acres) of land in return for its services in studying the Matadi-Léopoldville Railway project. The Compagnie du chemin de fer du Congo (CFC) was given 1,500 hectares (3,700 acres) of land for every 1 kilometre (0.62 mi) of line put into operation, as well as a strip 200 metres (660 ft) wide along the railway. The CCCI and CFC lands were mostly grouped into
342-475: Was reduced to 333,535 hectares (824,180 acres), giving a total area of 1,041,373 hectares (2,573,290 acres). The state took back some of the land outside the bloc, but left the Busira-Manene plantations. The CFC held the bulk of the land, while the CCCI had two sections of 123,000 hectares (300,000 acres) and 15,000 hectares (37,000 acres) and the SAB had a small section of 12 hectares (30 acres). Some land
361-456: Was reserved for a native people or for public use. Under the agreement of 27 December 1901 the SAB was responsible for industrial, agricultural and commercial exploitation of the Bloc and received a share of the proceeds in compensation. Property rights were shared, with the CFC getting half and the CCCI and SAB each getting a quarter. Between 1902 and 1910 the SAB sublet most of its activities to
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