Kwango River

Kwango River
Rio Cuango
Rivière Kwango
Kwango Rivier
Tazua Falls on Kwango River in Angola
NASA Satellite map showing Kwango River entering Kasai River
Location
Countries
Physical characteristics
SourceAlto Chicapa
 • locationAngola, Angola
 • elevation1,647 ft (502 m)
MouthAt Bandundu into Kasai River in Congo River basin
 • coordinates
3°14.666′S 17°22.416′E / 3.244433°S 17.373600°E / -3.244433; 17.373600
Length1,100 km (680 mi)
Basin size263,500 km2 (101,700 sq mi)
Discharge 
 • locationBandundu
 • average3,299 m3/s (116,500 cu ft/s)
Basin features
River systemCuango

The Cuango or Kwango (Portuguese: Rio Cuango; French: Rivière Kwango; Dutch: Kwango Rivier) is a transboundary river of Angola and Democratic Republic of Congo. It is the largest left bank tributary of the Kasai River in the Congo River basin.[1][2] It flows through Malanje in Angola. The Kwango River basin has large resources of diamonds in the Chitamba-Lulo Kimberlite Cluster in Lunda Norte Province, discovered in the main river channel and on flats and terraces in its flood plains.[3]

  1. ^ "Kwango River". Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved 24 January 2011.
  2. ^ "Kwango". The Free Dictionary by Farlex of The Great Soviet Encyclopedia. Retrieved 24 January 2011.
  3. ^ "Kwango River Project". BRC Congo Development S.P.R.L.; Kwango Mining S.P.R.L. Retrieved 24 January 2011.