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The Cuvo is a river in central Angola. The river mouth is at the Atlantic Ocean at Benguela Bay,[1] in Cuanza Sul Province. Cuvo is its name in its upper reaches; its lower course is called the Keve or Queve.[2] The river is navigable upstream to Binga Falls near Gabela.

Cuvo River
Binda Falls
Location in Angola
Location
CountryAngola
Physical characteristics
Mouth 
  coordinates
10°51′44″S 13°47′50″E

Its main tributaries include the Cussoi River.

The river may be the southern extant of the range of the African manatee.[3] The river wetland floodplain and Kumbira Forest is part of an Important Bird Area with several rare species.[4]

The river mouth has a mangrove stand.[5]


See also



References


  1. The Earth and Its Inhabitants ...: South and east Africa, Elisée Reclus, Ernest George Ravenstein, Augustus Henry Keane, D. Appleton, 1890, p. 8
  2. Angola Tourism Archived 2013-11-06 at the Portuguese Web Archive, Angola Embassy
  3. A Directory of African Wetlands, R. H. Hughes, J. S. Hughes, G. M. Bernacsek, IUCN, 1992
  4. A brief survey of the birds in Kumbira Forest, Gabela, Angola, Çagan H Sekercioglu and Adam Riley, Ostrich 2005, ISSN 0030-6525ISSN 0030-6525, 76(3&4): 111–117
  5. 5.1 Angola Archived 2014-05-12 at the Wayback Machine, Ramsar Sites Information Service



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[de] Queve

Der Queve oder Cuvo ist ein Fluss in Angola.
- [en] Cuvo River



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