swap_horiz Lualaba River Alternatives

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Nile River

The Nile River is a major waterway originating in East Africa and extending over 6,650 kilometers. It’s notable for its...

Historic Africa Irrigation Major

9.8 Brilliant

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Zambezi River

The Zambezi River is a major waterway in southern Africa, flowing over 2,574 kilometers. It’s notable for containing Vic...

Africa Hydropower Major Southern Africa

9.2 Excellent

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Niger

The Niger River is West Africa's principal river, rising in the Guinea Highlands and following an unusual inland arc thr...

Agriculture West Africa Freshwater

9.1 Excellent

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Blue Nile

The Blue Nile is a major river originating at Lake Tana in Ethiopia and flowing roughly 1,450 kilometers (900 miles) to...

Nile Africa Ethiopia Major

8.9 Great

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White Nile

The White Nile is a major tributary of the Nile River, one of two principal branches that join to form the main Nile at...

Nile Africa Major Sudan

8.5 Great

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Mara River

The Mara River flows approximately 395 kilometers through Kenya and Tanzania, draining the Mau Escarpment highlands and...

Wildlife Africa Kenya Tanzania

8.3 Great

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Chobe River

The Chobe River originates in the Angolan highlands and flows along the northeastern border of Botswana and Namibia befo...

Wildlife Africa Botswana Namibia

8.2 Great

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Omo River

The Omo River is a major river in southwestern Ethiopia that flows approximately 760 kilometers southward from the Ethio...

Africa Ethiopia Hydropower Major

8.1 Great

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Limpopo

The Limpopo River flows approximately 1,800 kilometers across southern Africa before reaching the Indian Ocean in Mozamb...

Africa Freshwater Southern Mozambique

8.1 Great

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Kasai

The Kasai River is a major tributary of the Congo River, extending for about 2,153 kilometers through Angola and the Dem...

Africa Freshwater Major Dr Congo

8.1 Great

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Rufiji

The Rufiji is a major river of Tanzania, formed by the meeting of the Kilombero and Luwegu rivers and extending about 60...

Africa Delta Freshwater Tanzania

8.1 Great

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Awash River

The Awash is an endorheic river in Ethiopia roughly 1,200 kilometres long that drains the central highlands and terminat...

Africa Ethiopia Inland Major

8.0 Great

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Senegal

The Senegal River is a major West African waterway formed at Bafoulabé in Mali by the confluence of the Bafing and Bakoy...

West Africa Freshwater Border

7.9 Good

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Luangwa River

The Luangwa River is a major perennial watercourse in eastern Zambia, extending approximately 800 kilometers before join...

Wildlife Africa Zambia Major

7.8 Good

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Fish River

The Fish River is a major seasonal watercourse flowing through southern Namibia. It is most notable for carving out the...

Canyon Seasonal Africa Namibia

7.7 Good

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Volta

The Volta is a river system in West Africa centered on Ghana's White Volta, Black Volta, and Red Volta. The combined riv...

Africa Reservoir Freshwater Ghana

7.7 Good

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Tana River

Kenya's longest river, the Tana River, flows for roughly 1,000 kilometers from the slopes of Mount Kenya and the Aberdar...

Africa Delta Kenya Major

7.6 Good

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Chambeshi River

The Chambeshi River is a river in northeastern Zambia and a remote headstream of the Congo River system. It rises in the...

Africa Zambia Major Headwater

7.1 Good

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Lomami River

The Lomami River is a major tributary of the Congo River flowing entirely within the Democratic Republic of the Congo. I...

Tropical Africa Major Tributary

7.0 Good

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Lukuga River

The Lukuga River is the principal outlet of Lake Tanganyika and flows westward across the Democratic Republic of the Con...

Africa Major Congo Drc Lake Tanganyika

7.0 Good