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Lecture 14: The Congo River
•Evolution, Geomorphology and Hydrology •Future issues
Length: 4370 km
Peak Discharge: 80,830m3s-1
Mean Annual Water
Discharge: 41,200 m3s-1
Drainage Basin Area: 3.82 *
106 km2
Current Average annual
suspended sediment
discharge: 43* 106 t
Runge, 2007
Runge, 2007
Runge, 2007
NASA mrsid
NASA mrsid
Runge, 2007
NASA mrsid
Runge, 2007
Runge, 2007
internationalrivers.org
internationalrivers.org
see link on course website
Runge, Chapter 14 in
Large Rivers
• Wednesday March 9th: Congo video in class
session
• Monday March 14th: project work – one page
group summary due in by March 18th
• Wednesday March 16th: mid term exam in normal
class session
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