It rises on the border between the two countries, near the juncture of N'Gounié and Ogooué-Lolo provinces of Gabon, runs south along the border and then southwest through the Niari province of Congo, then enters the Nyanga province of Gabon and makes a sharp bend to the northwest. It passes through Nyanga's capital Tchibanga (the largest city on the river), then gradually bends around to the southwest again, running through a series of rapids before coming out onto a coastal plain and emptying into the Atlantic Ocean.
NYANGA – Holiday accommodation is plentiful in the Nyanga area.
Udu Dam is the largest of the Nyanga dams with a capacity of 640 000 cubic metres and the earth-fill embankment stands 19metres high and there are chalets available.
There is a wide variety of flora, some entirely endemic to the area and the Nyanga aloe ‘aloe inyangensis’ is found on high ground with woodlands of dwarf msasa on western slopes.