Ebola is a river in the northern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo . Right tributary of the Dva River [1] ( Congo basin). In the middle reaches of the river, three km from its left bank, the village of Abumombazi is located.
| Ebola | |
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| Characteristic | |
| Watercourse | |
| Source | |
| • Coordinates | |
| Mouth | Two |
| • Coordinates | |
| Location | |
| Water system | Two → Mongal → Congo → Atlantic Ocean |
| A country |
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 - source  - mouth | |
The name Ebola is a French tracing-paper of the word Legbal from the Ngbandi language , which means "white water". During the Belgian colonial administration, these names were interpreted in French as Eau Blanche and sometimes L'Ébola .
In the area of this river, in September 1976, an acute viral disease was discovered for the first time, later called Ebola fever .