Region

Congo Basin

Sitting on the equator, the Congo Basin is one of the cloudiest places on Earth, dotted with the low cumulus that astronauts call popcorn clouds.

Source: science.nasa.gov

Where it is

On the Atlas Quest map, the Congo Basin label sits at 1.1° S, 21.4° E, in the Southern and Eastern Hemispheres.

Coordinates, names: Natural Earth, public domain.

Nearby places

The closest other places with pages here, measured between map label points:

• Congo — about 380 km south-west
• Africa — about 1,200 km north
• Lake Victoria — about 1,300 km east
• Mount Kilimanjaro — about 1,800 km east

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