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The Aruwimi River is a tributary of the Congo River, located to the north and east of the Congo. A tributary (or affluent or confluent) is a contributory stream, a river that does not reach the sea, but joins another major river (a parent river), to which it contributes its waters, swelling its discharge. ...
The Congo is the largest river in Western Central Africa. ...
The Aruwimi begins as the Ituri River, which arises on the western slopes of the Blue Mountains that overlook Lake Albert. It then runs generally west, passing by Bunia, through the fabled Ituri Forest, becoming the Aruwimi where the Nepoko (or Nepoki) River joins it, at the town of Bomili. The river continues westward, joining the Congo at Basoko, for a total length of about 1,300 km (800 mi). It is about 1.5 km wide where it joins the Congo. A panoramic view of the Blue Mountains The Blue Mountains of New South Wales, Australia, roughly 100 kilometres west of Sydney, are a range of sandstone mountains that reach to 1111 metres above sea level at their highest, One Tree Hill. ...
Lake Albert and its river systems. ...
Bunia is the district headquarters of Ituri district of Orientale Province. ...
The Ituri Rainforest is located in the Ituri region of eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo. ...
The watershed of the Ituri/Aruwimi is almost entirely dense forest, with just a handful of villages along its course, and crossed by roads in about four places. The Kango language (SIL code KZY) is spoken by several thousand villagers just south of Avakubi, and upper reaches of the Ituri are inhabited by the Mbuti (Pygmies). SIL International is a non-profit, Christian, scientific organization with the main purpose to study, develop and document lesser-known languages for the purpose of expanding linguistic knowledge, promoting world literacy and aiding minority language development. ...
Generally speaking, pygmy (from Greek pygmaios, fist sized, a kind of dwarf in Greek mythology) can refer to any human or animal of unusually small size, for example, the pygmy hippopotamus. ...
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The Aruwimi was explored by Henry Morton Stanley during his 1887 expedition to "rescue" Emin Pasha. The cataracts above Yambuya made it impossible to use the river for navigation, and the expedition had to go by land, with tremendous difficulty. Sir Henry Morton Stanley (also known as Bula Matari (Breaker of Rocks) in Congo), born John Rowlands (January 28, 1841 – May 10, 1904), was a 19th-century Welsh-born American journalist and explorer famous for his exploration of Africa and his search for David Livingstone. ...
1887 is a common year starting on Saturday (click on link for calendar). ...
Mehemet Emin Pasha (March 28, 1840 – October 23, 1892), born Eduard Carl Oscar Theodor Schnitzer, was a doctor, naturalist and governor of Equatoria in Africa. ...
For the band with this name, see Cataract (band). ...
Tributaries:
Settlements: - Bomaneh
- Mongandjo
- Yambuya
- Banalia
- Panga
- Bafwangbe
- Bomili
- Avakubi
- Teturi
- Bunia
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