The Congo River is a long, arcing river in West-Central Africa, featuring a rainforest and providing food and transport for 75 million people. Skip to main content. Open menu Close menu ...

The Congo's power—its depth, speed and turbulence—is of particular interest to ichthyologist Melanie Stiassny of the American Museum of Natural History, one of the scientists in our expedition.

Africa’s second-longest river is by some distance its deepest, with a depth of up to 220 metres. The Congo River runs through the Republic of Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the ...

Lively Living Aboard Congo's River-Bound 'Villages' Travel by water is the cheapest mode of transport in the Congo, and hundreds go by barge. From open-air ablutions and barter and trade on the ...

Exceptional in depth, speed, and turbulence, the lower Congo is home to the world's most extreme rapids. The region is also remarkable for its biodiversity; scientists have identified more than ...

The Congo River is the second longest in Africa, and, with a maximum depth of more than 220 metres, the world’s deepest. In a country with few roads or railways, ...

The lower Congo River’s depths have made it a natural lab for convergent evolution, yielding fish with unexpected features. By Asher Elbein In 2007, fishermen living along the lower Congo, the ...

Among the Congo River's large tributaries, the Ruki is unique in its extremely dark colour, which renders the water opaque below a few centimetres' depth. This large blackwater river caught the ...

Exceptional in depth, speed, and turbulence, the lower Congo is home to the world's most extreme rapids. The region is also remarkable for its biodiversity; scientists have identified more than ...