Uele ( FR. Uele ) is a river in the Democratic Republic of the Congo .
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| Characteristic | |
| Length | 1130 km |
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| Mouth | Ubangi |
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| Water system | Ubangi → Congo → Atlantic Ocean |
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Its length is 1130 kilometers. The source of the river is in the Blue Mountains, west of Lake Albert , near the border with Sudan . In the upper reaches of the river is called Kibala. Merging with the Mbomu River, near the city of Dzhakoma it forms the Ubangi River . It is the fifth longest river in Africa. The highest water discharge during the rainy season is from March to October . It has a number of tributaries. Explored the river in the XIX century, the Russian naturalist Junker .
Literature
- Uele // Uji - Fidel. - M .: Soviet Encyclopedia, 1956. - P. 473. - ( Great Soviet Encyclopedia : [in 51 vols.] / Ch. Ed. B. A. Vvedensky ; 1949-1958, vol. 44).
- Africa: an encyclopedic guide. T. 2. L — I / Ch. ed. A. Gromyko. Ed. call V.M. Vlasov, N.I. Gavrilov et al. - M .: Soviet Encyclopedia, 1987. - P. 506. - 671 p. with ill.