| Pool Malebo | |
|---|---|
 Satellite image of the Pool Malebo; the capital cities of Brazzaville, ROC and Kinshasa, DRC are indicated. | |
  Pool Malebo  Pool Malebo | |
| Coordinates | 4°16′55″S 15°29′19″E / 4.28194°S 15.48861°E |
| Lake type | Fluvial |
| Primary inflows | Congo River |
| Primary outflows | Congo River |
| Surface elevation | 270 m (890 ft) |
| Islands | Mbamu |
| Settlements | Brazzaville, Kinshasa |
The Pool Malebo, formerly Stanley Pool, also known as Mpumbu, Lake Nkunda or Lake Nkuna by local indigenous people in pre-colonial times,[1][2] is a lake-like widening in the lower reaches of the Congo River.[3] The river serves as the border between the Republic of the Congo to the north and the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the south.
The pool's former name was in honour of the British explorer and journalist Sir Henry Morton Stanley, who mapped this area.
- ^ William Graham Lister Randles, L’ancien royaume du Congo des origines à la fin du XIXe siècle, Éditions de l’École des hautes études en sciences sociales, 2013, p. 44
- ^ Sylvie Ayimpam, Vie matérielle, échanges et capitalisme sur la rive méridionale du Pool du fleuve Congo (1815-1930), Centre d’Étude des Mondes Africains (CEMAf), 2006, p. 4
- ^ "Malebo Pool". Encyclopædia Britannica. Accessed June 2011.