20 Longest rivers in the African continent

Africa continent combined of hot and pleasant places such as desert, rain forest and plains, the rivers here longer and
acquires lots of drainage area since the continent large in size and thousands of tributaries join to the rivers. Many
countries in Africa naturally rich by a depth of forest with the variety of Animals including endangered. The Rivers
usually flow heavily in the rainy season and create many streams which merge to main rivers where that Make
Rivers size larger could be longer. As everyone knows the Nile is the longest river on earth that measured officially
but there are some discussions whether Nile or Amazon is the longest in the World.

1. Nile River : The Nile is the longest River in Africa and even in the World which flows through 11 African countries
(Ethiopia, Eritrea, Sudan, Uganda, Tanzania, Kenya, Rwanda, Burundi, Egypt, the Democratic Republic of the
Congo, and South Sudan). The main outflow is Mediterranean and its total length is about 6,650 km, the Drainage
area of 3,254,555 km2 with average discharge around 5,100 cubic meters per second.

Length: 6,650 km

Countries: Ethiopia, Eritrea, Sudan, Uganda, Tanzania, Kenya, Rwanda, Burundi, Egypt, the Democratic Republic
of the Congo, South Sudan
2. Zaire (Congo–Chambeshi):Merge into the Atlantic Ocean and flow through many countries and different landscapes
meet this river including desert and rain forest. The Congo River length is 4,700 km with a discharge of 41,800
cubic meters per second.

Length: 4,700 km
Countries: Countries: The Democratic Republic of the Congo, Central African Republic, Angola, Republic of the
Congo, Tanzania, Cameroon, Zambia, Burundi, Rwanda
3. Niger River:The third longest river in Africa with main source water from Guinea Highlands in Southern Guinea,
and merges into the Atlantic Ocean, it has the total discharge of 9,570 cubic meters per second. Its primary
tributaries are Sokoto River, Kaduna River, Benue River, Bani River and flow through many cities.

Length: 4,200 km
Countries: Nigeria, Mali, Niger, Algeria, Guinea, Cameroon, Burkina Faso, Cote d’Ivoire, Benin, Chad
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4. Zambezi:The fourth longest, its water source starts from Mwinilunga in Zambia and flowing into the Indian ocean,
the famous Victoria Falls and Chavuma Falls created by Zambazi. Its average discharge is around 3,400 cubic
meters per second with the catchment area of 1,390,000 km2.

Length: 2,693 km
Countries: Zambia, Angola, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Malawi, Tanzania, Namibia, Botswana
5. Ubangi–Uele:Ubangi and Ulele rivers are the longest tributaries of Congo River which flow into the Congo River,
the combined Ubangi, and Ulele length is about 2,270 km. The Rivers are important transport artery between Bangui
and Brazzaville, its drainage basin 772,800 km2.

Length: 2,270 km
Countries: The Democratic Republic of the Congo, Central African Republic, Republic of Congo
6. Kasai River:The Kasai is flowing into Congo River at Kwamouth northeast of Kinshasa, the main tributaries
include the Fimi, Kwango and Sankuru rivers, and the catchment Area is about 880,200 km2, the most valuable
diamond found in this river.

Length: 2,153 km
Countries: Angola, the Democratic Republic of the Congo
7. Orange River:The primary water source is Thaba Putsoa located in Maloti Mountains in Lesotho and Orange River
is the longest river in South Africa and plays the important role in the economy by providing water for irrigation and
hydroelectricity, its drainage basin is 973,000 km2.

Length: 2,092 km
Countries: South Africa, Namibia, Botswana, Lesotho
8. Limpopo River:It rises in central southern Africa and flowing into the Indian ocean, it discharges 170 cubic meters
per second at its mouth with the drainage basin of 415,000 km2 in size, its main water source is Marico and
Crocodile river which located in Botswana and South Africa border at the elevation of 872 meters.

Length: 1,800 km
Countries: Mozambique, Zimbabwe, South Africa, Botswana
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9. Senegal River:Senegal River named after the country Senegal has 2 large dams along its course, the river has
drainage basin of 270,000 km2 with a mean flow of 60 cubic meters per second at its mouth in the Atlantic Ocean.

Length: 1,641 km
Countries: Guinea, Senegal, Mali, Mauritania
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10. Blue Nile River:The Blue Nile is the tributary of Nile River and its origin from Lesser Abay and Lake Tana, creates
Blue Nile Falls at Lake Tana, the flow of the Blue Nile reaches maximum volume in the rainy season to 2,349 cubic
meters per second with a catchment area of 325,000 km2.

Length: 1,600 km
Countries: Ethiopia, Sudan
FLORA

Despite the anomaly surrounding its specific name, the largest-flowered of all the Babiana species is a
rewarding winter- and early spring-flowering cormous plant for deep window boxes and pots, and sunny
rock garden pockets in temperate climates.
Babiana pygmaea is a very showy, deciduous winter-growing species, up to 120 mm high, with a small,
deep-seated, egg-shaped corm surrounded by dark brown, fibrous outer tunics extending into a long neck
and reaching just below ground level. Its four to five bright green, heavily ribbed, oblong-shaped leaves
are oppositely arranged and covered with short, soft hairs along the ribs. The very large, regular, cup-
shaped flowers reach up to 80 mm in diameter and are unscented and pale to deep lemon-yellow with
maroonish purplish centres and prominent long, bright yellow anthers. The large, rounded seed capsules
produce attractive dark brown, hard, angular seeds. The aerial parts of the plants desiccate in early
summer and undergo a long dry, dormant period during the summer months.
The genus Babiana is endemic to southern Africa and contains about seventy species, most of which
occur in the southwestern and western parts of the Western Cape, and in Namaqualand. They are almost
all winter-growing and generally flower in late winter and spring. The remarkable variety in flower shape
and colour, from long and tubular to broadly cup-shaped, and from pure white through innumerable
shades of yellow to blue, pink, mauve, purple and crimson, have endeared babianas to gardeners around
the world. Many of the species have a deliciously spicy sweet scent.
The popularly grown babianas in gardens are of hybrid origin, mainly between the numerous forms
of Babiana stricta.
The genus name Babiana is derived from the Dutch baviaantje, meaning little baboon, and alludes to
observations made by early colonists at the Cape of Good Hope, who noticed that baboons were very
partial to the corms of this genus