| 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 | |
| Source | Alto Chicapa |
| • location | Angola, Angola |
| • elevation | 1,647 ft (502 m) |
| Mouth | At Bandundu into Kasai River in Congo River basin |
• coordinates | 3°14.666′S 17°22.416′E / 3.244433°S 17.373600°E |
| Length | 1,100 km (680 mi) |
| Basin size | 263,500 km2 (101,700 sq mi) |
| Discharge | |
| • location | Bandundu |
| • average | 3,299 m3/s (116,500 cu ft/s) |
| Basin features | |
| River system | Cuango |
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]
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- ^ "Kwango River Project". BRC Congo Development S.P.R.L.; Kwango Mining S.P.R.L. Retrieved 24 January 2011.