River

Congo

From orbit the river draws a cloudless line through the forest: up to five kilometres wide in places, its cooler water sends up too little moisture to form cloud.

Source: science.nasa.gov

Where it is

On the Atlas Quest map, the Congo label sits at 3.5° S, 19.0° 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 Basin — about 380 km north-east
• Africa — about 1,500 km north
• Lake Victoria — about 1,600 km east
• Mount Kilimanjaro — about 2,000 km east

Play with it

• Today’s daily geography challenge — one shared round, playable offline.
• Guess the country by its shape — six guesses, with distance and direction after each.
• Start with easy questions — familiar countries, hints and no time limit.