geo.wikisort.org - River

Search / Calendar

The Likouala-Mossaka (or Likouala River) is a river in the Republic of the Congo. It is a tributary of the Congo River, which it enters to the east of the town of Mossaka.

Likouala-Mossaka
Sangha River basin, showing the Likouala to the west
Location
CountryRepublic of the Congo
Physical characteristics
MouthCongo River
  location
Mossaka
  coordinates
1.2270°S 16.7991°E / -1.2270; 16.7991

Location


The Likouala-Mossaka is a right tributary of the Congo into which it flows at Mossaka about 650 kilometres (400 mi) from its source. Its basin adjoins that of the Sangha River to the north and the Ogooué River in Gabon to the west. To the south it adjoins the basin of the Alima, which has hardly any left tributaries.[1] The lower Sangha, the Likouala-aux-Herbes and Likouala-Mossaka rivers flow through the Congolese Cuvette, a huge depression with an equatorial climate. The soil of this region is sandy or clayey quaternary fluvial alluvia. Vegetation is dense, humid, shady forest that partly floods during the high water season.[2]


Hydrology


Between 1951 and 1993 annual rainfall in the Likouala-Mossaka basin was 1,689 millimetres (66.5 in) and average discharge at the Makoua gauging station was 216 cubic metres per second (7,600 cu ft/s).[3] The basin above this point covered 14,100 square kilometres (5,400 sq mi).[4]


European exploration


Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza explored the upper part of the Likouala-Mossaka, the Licona, in August 1878. Albert Dolisie entered its mouth in 1884. Giacomo Savorgnan di Brazzà descended the river when he returned from his exploration of the north in December 1885. In 1899 the whole Likouala-Mossaka basin was granted to the Tréchot brothers who had created the Compagnie Française du Haut-Congo (CFHC) for its operation.[1] In 1908 there were four administrative posts in a territory of about 80,000 square kilometres (31,000 sq mi). Seventy-two villages had to pay 44,648 francs in taxes.[5] Until 1909 the French administration of the Likouala-Mossaka basin was very light, and little had been done to develop its resources.[6]


Notes


    1. Mazenot 1966, p. 268.
    2. LaraqueMahé, Orange & Marieu 2001, p. 107.
    3. LaraqueMahé, Orange & Marieu 2001, p. 113.
    4. LaraqueMahé, Orange & Marieu 2001, p. 106.
    5. Mazenot 1966, p. 270.
    6. Mazenot 1966, p. 269.

    Sources



    На других языках


    [de] Likouala-Mossaka

    Die Likouala-Mossaka ist ein etwa 490 km (einschließlich Quellflüssen 615 km) langer rechter Nebenfluss des Kongo im Westen der Republik Kongo. Das Einzugsgebiet umfasst eine Fläche von 69.800 km².[1] Der Fluss trägt den Namenszusatz Mossaka zur Unterscheidung von dem ähnlich benannten Fluss Likouala-aux-Herbes, ein Nebenfluss der Sangha, der weiter östlich verläuft.
    - [en] Likouala-Mossaka



    Текст в блоке "Читать" взят с сайта "Википедия" и доступен по лицензии Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike; в отдельных случаях могут действовать дополнительные условия.

    Другой контент может иметь иную лицензию. Перед использованием материалов сайта WikiSort.org внимательно изучите правила лицензирования конкретных элементов наполнения сайта.

    2019-2025
    WikiSort.org - проект по пересортировке и дополнению контента Википедии