| Yellala Falls | |
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 The Yellala Falls from the left bank, c. 1880 | |
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| Coordinates | 5°43′32″S 13°32′39″E / 5.725653°S 13.544083°E |
| Watercourse | Congo River |
The Yellala Falls (Rapides de Yelala or Chutes Yelala; also spelled as Ielala) are a series of waterfalls and rapids on the Congo River just upstream from Matadi in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The falls are the lowest of a long series of rapids that render the river unnavigable, forcing colonial explorers to travel by foot as far as the Stanley Pool 350 kilometres (220 mi) upstream.[1] The Congo is the second largest river in the world by volume of water discharged, and the deepest in the world.[2] The section of river that ends with the Yellala falls has over 300 species of fish, many found nowhere else.[3]
- ^ Conley 2000, p. 57.
- ^ Oberg, Kevin (July 2008). "Discharge and other hydraulic measurements for characterizing the hydraulics of Lower Congo River" (PDF). U.S. Geological Survey.
- ^ Dickman 2009.