Inga Falls

Inga Falls
Location	Matadi Democratic Republic of the Congo
Coordinates	5°26′56″S 13°35′18″E / 5.448835°S 13.588362°E / -5.448835; 13.588362
Type	Segmented Rapids
Total height	96 metres (315 ft) [1]
Longest drop	21 metres (69 ft) [1]
Average width	914 metres (2,999 ft) [1]
Watercourse	Congo River
Average flow rate	25,768 m3/s (910,000 cu ft/s) (est.) [1]

Inga Falls is a rapid 40 km from Matadi in the Democratic Republic of the Congo where the Congo River drops 96 m (315 ft) over the course of 15 km (9 mi).^[2] The falls are part of a larger group of rapids in the lower Congo River. Livingstone Falls are located upstream closer to the Pool Malebo. These falls have formed in a sharp bend of Congo River where the width of river fluctuates from more than 4 km to only 260 m.^[3]

With a median discharge of 42,476 m³/s (1,500,000 ft³/s), the falls could be considered the largest in the world,^[4] but it is not widely considered to be a true waterfall. Its maximum recorded volume is 70,793 m³/s (2,500,000 ft³/s).^[2] Inga falls is also the site of two large hydroelectric dams, named Inga I and Inga II, as well as two projected dams, Inga III and the Grand Inga Dam, the latter of which would be the largest (by power production) in the world.^[5]

See also

• List of waterfalls by flow rate

References

External links

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