The Congo River Explained in under 3 Minutes
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- čas přidán 22. 05. 2024
- The 2nd longest river in #Africa has some incredible stories to tell. Dive into one of the longest, deepest, most powerful and most impactful rivers of the world, running through the heart of the Democratic Republic of #Congo.
In this video you will learn about the basic #Geography of the river, and what exactly makes it so special. An finally, we will look into the potential that the river holds for the country of Congo and the entirety of central Africa through the usage of Hydropower.
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Chapters:
0:00 Intro
0:02 Congo River in numbers
1:00 Fun facts about the Congo River
1:47 Hydropower at the Congo River
Music:
Liquid Time - Aakash Gandhi
Bodélé Depression (Mega-Chad mix) - Jesse Gallagher
Jungle - Aakash Gandhi
Nemesis - ALBIS
I need more than 3 minutes of Congo river explanation
Fact--the second deepest lake in the world - Lake Tangayika (over 400 species of fish - 79% endemic) is part of the Congo river basin and together with this lake, the Congo basin ranks next to the Amazon in the number of fish species in the world - ca. 1500 species and it is far less explored than the Amazon and could perhaps have well over 2000 species of fish. In 2019, a survey of Lake Mweru revealed over 40 new species!
One of the reasons why the Congo is very rich in species is simple- it travels via diverse ecological and geological zones allowing species to evolve and adapt to the varying challenges of this mighty river. An interesting fact of the river is that the rapids are so powerful that it acts as barrier that the opposite sides of the less than 2km river do not mix at all. The results are that fishes on both sides of the same river are entirely different species!
The river also holds the records of being the deepest in the World and in some parts reaches up to 250m deep! The Congo basin also holds the record of the greatest reserves of peat in the tropics thus plays an important role in carbon storage.
I am concerned that many of the these unique species might be destroyed the dams are constructed. A balance between the need to provide the much needed infrastructure as well as preservation of this unique bounties of nature should be advanced
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Some 40 years back I was working in Brazzaville (BTW, lovely place and people) and took a flight to Kinshasa. I always thought that the river was wider at that point than the 3 km indicated above. Worth noting too that the flow was very fast. Just downstream of Brazzaville I visited a location with a standing wave of what seemed like 10 metres.
Happy days.
Very informative!
Congo river and amazon river are my favorites
I love Congo .With the rainfall it enjoys,Africa can be very self supporting .
It is a common misconception that rainfall in that quantity leads to fertile soils. In fact, due to leaching and erosion, Central Africa has very (nutrient) poor soils, exemplified by their reddish color (Aluminium and Iron Oxides - both bad for plant growth).
In fact, Belgians spent most of their 80 years of colonization trying to come up with ways to intensively (continuously) farm in place (natives tended to move their farms, slash and burn style, every 2-4 years).
The best they came up with (by 1960) was the paysannat system, but even that required leaving lots fallow for years.
@@beorntwit711 Oh,I honestly learnt something ,thank you.Well,I listened to an interview with a well articulated person from Congo who spoke about rainfall in Congo.I obviously missed the part you are mentioning .Very informative ,thank you.🙏🇿🇦🇿🇦🙏
I should add that inorganic fertilizer of course is a solution: but even there, there's issues. Due to higher losses due to leaching, uncertain supply, high transport costs (plus importation), etc.
The condo river can probably provide enough electricity for sub sahara Africa.
@@newtonpeart8573maybe they can use this electricity to produce fertilizers (mostly just nitrogen).
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Thank you for this research. 🖖🏾Namaste ☮
'Explained' because it has invaluable information. The Mighty Zaire is God's gift to Zaire. Wish Africa could unite to make Grand Inga a reality!
It will when it's the right time! Everything has day and time ⏲️ 😊.
another river I didn't know I wanted explained, thank you youtube algorithing
It is the only major river in the world that drains rainfall from both North and South of the Equator. This affords a steady inflow of rain to the river all through the year .
Nile does too?
I think the Amazon too
As the Amazon reaches the sea at the equator, it drains from both north and south of the equator.
During my childhood , I always thought Rhine (German section ) being a huge river but after reading about the Congo river...I realized how Rhine is small in comparison with Congo .
Aos meus amigos do Congo um grande abraço.
Thank you for the information on Congo River 👍
So marvelous, God created so many gud things n this River is just one of the many creations
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Didn't hear you mention the source of the Congo river please
Near banana a deep water port is planned. What should also be mentioned that there are almost no bridges to cross the congo river, Matadi has a bridge, but there is no bridge between Kinshassa and Brazzavile, although a bridge with railway track is planned to be built there.
I love Africa.
0:50 you say meter cubed but you pur the symbol for meter squared
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Great topic and visuals but why do you need to mention so many chapters in a three minute video?
Congo River is 4th longest, not 2nd. After the Nile, 2nd and 3rd are Niger and Benue rivers respectively. 5th, 6th and 7th are Orange, Oripopo and Zambesi rivers.
Oops! I guess that his information is not that reliable. I was prepared to believe him, so thanks for setting me straight. I guess that I won't subscribe to his channel after all.
The Congo-Chambeshi River system (also called "The Congo") is 4700 km long. The Niger is 4200 km long and the Benue is simply a tributary to the Niger with 1400 km.
River lengths can be ambiguous sometimes due to difficulties determining the correct tributaries but in this case it's very unambiguous. No source that I have consulted will tell you any different and I believe you should not just trust the information spread by random CZcams comments (or a video for that matter) but do your own Research if you have any doubts.
It is also the world's deepest recorded river, with measured depths of around 220 m (720 ft). The Congo-Lualaba-Chambeshi River system has an overall length of 4,700 km (2,900 mi), which makes it the world's ninth-longest river.
Nile 6,650 4,132
2 Amazon-Ucayali-Apurímac 6,400 4,000
3 Yangtze 6,300 3,915
4 Mississippi-Missouri-Red Rock 5,971 3,710
5 Yenisey-Baikal-Selenga 5,540 3,442
6 Huang He (Yellow) 5,464 3,395
7 Ob-Irtysh 5,410 3,362
8 Paraná 4,880 3,032
9 Congo 4,700 2,900
10 Amur-Argun 4,444
How navigable is it? How far upriver can a large ship go? How large a ship can go upriver? Does the navigability of the river last all year long? You left out some very important information.
Very poor navigability. Too many rapids!
@@collinsejaife1956 how far in from the coast?
The upper part of the river is very navigable. The lower half has so many rapids.
@@koharumi1 alas, that is a significant barrier to using the river.
From the atlantic ocean ships can only go to Matadi - a river port - thereafter are the Inga falls.
2:58 😅😊
Misplaced Montevideo on the map 🤨
I think you can tell more about the Congo.
Make a new video.
i agree.. you went a little too fast here
Please explain it more
who is the guy who did the kayaking across the rapids in 2012?
That would be Steve Fisher with support from Red Bull
@@FactSpark had to be Red Bull, always
@@FactSpark is it fair if Red Bull gave him wings?
Can only be Chuck Norris..
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you should add subtitles...
Fascinating information, but this mega dam project will displace how many thousands of people? And where will they go? Who will support them to resettle? For how long? How much? And how will this resettlement affect the area(s) where it will take place? How does all this cost stack up against the cost of solar power plus wind power plus energy storage?
"Where will they go?" - well, Europe of course, where they always go. Very many will die en route, but many more will reach the civilised world; enough to turn it into the uncivilised world.
That's not the concern for now, Congo need energy for development. Congo is as big as the whole of Europe, so relocation will be done with less disruption to its people
Congo s a massive Country for land issue the Dam is there from 1968 Phase1 nd 1982 Phase 2 ." Check on Google "Is situated on Government land,no peaple around all it needed is an upgrade to it potential Capacity.
In relation to the insane size of Grand Inga the flooded area would be quite small. The number of displaced people would be quite low, too, counting some 10.000, just a few percent of the 1.5 million who lost their home due to the Three-Gorges-Dam.
How many Indians were displaced by the white man to build America...come on ...price of progress is high
Is the Saguenay River in Quebec, Canada not deeper than this?
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Bro, NO!
Yes, in places the Saguenay River is up to 275 M deep.
I googled a bit and I think its considerd a fjord
Great video, glad I don't live there...
0:30: just behind the Amazon river? The Congo river might be number 2, but it's FAR behind the Amazon river. The Amazon river is in a league of its own.
The only river with expired fish
What happens when hippos n crocodiles arrive at the big falls, do they turn back or do they move down with the big currents
Wtf would they be doing at the waterfall?
@@AndreiBerezin Calm down.....
The same way you don't find humans fishing or swimming at the falls, crocodiles and hippos don't "arrive" at falls. They actually migrate through such sections or from one river to another through treks on land. Welcome to Kenya where you can learn more about wildlife.
They detour
Say no zo dam...dont change nature
That dam will destroy one of the world's greatest rivers. It must not be built.
Is this river infested with hippos n crocodiles?
That's not where Montevideo is
Congo river has man eating crocadiles.
Ooh
So goodbye to Inga rapids, the biggest volume rapids in the world. How environmentally brutal and sad.
I wonder how many mosquito deaths that river has helped cause. Billion?
Anything to make YT content 😮
I cry for my country Congo the world's richest mineral country if through BRICS we shall prosper no imperialist needed
Congo also has the most arable lands
Through BRICS you'll team up with russian murderers and rapists. Wish you be damned in more poverty and misery in such alliance.
When people have free trade (i.e., the trade is voluntary with both parties), then people grow rich. Resources alone are not enough, but free trade is because people are the most valuable resource.
Another project that would possible for a united Africa instead of looking to the world bank or other western neocolonialist funders.
africa would have to use western and colonialist technology to build such a dam, because africa (I'm talking sub-sahara africa here) was unable to invent or provide any infrastructure at all for itself until those colonial idiots came and built roads and dams for the africans
@@edombre4637 Africans can come up with the money if they really wanted to. We have engineers that can work with Russians and chinese
@@africaine4889 and you trust the russians and chinese?
@@edombre4637 You proved your ignorance.
@@africaine4889no, you simply dont have enough smart educated ingenious people ! Average IQ 70, no way africans will even reach western level.
Haha banana
Any project that will develop Africa.
World Bank: im outta here. If you want money for public schools to teaches Sex Education, Im your guy.
"Explained"? Why? Is the Congo River a problem, or a mystery? What is there to "explain" about a natural geographical feature?
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Why not ? There are many people who don't know the river or it's awesome beauty
People get triggered over anything on the internet.
Rives are significant strategic geopolitical toles and resources as valuable as oil and gas, etc Look into the Nile River situation between Egypt and Ethiopia for further information on the importance of rivers.
Nobody has ever walked the hole river. To deadly. Interesting