Ubangi River

Catchment area of ​​the Ubangi

Satellite photo of the Ubangi

The Ubangi [ ubaŋ.gɪ ] (also Oubangi ) is an approximately 1120 km long right tributary of the Congo in Central Africa. With a water flow of 5,936 m³ / s it is the second largest tributary of the Congo.

River

The Ubangi being built on the border of the Democratic Republic of Congo ( DRC) and the Central African Republic to Yakoma from the confluence of Mbomou and Uele (main source river ). It flows initially about 370 kilometers to the west, then turns in an elongated arc to the southwest and flows through much later the Central African capital Bangui.

Until just about 100 km beyond Bangui it forms the natural border of the aforementioned states and from there to its mouth the border between the DRC and the Republic of Congo. The Ubangi flows about 550 km below Bangui and about 90 km southwest of Mbandaka in the Congo.

Together with the Uele, its left, larger source river, the Ubangi is 2272 km long.

In the Central African Republic to the Ubangi is particularly below Bangui navigable and one of the main transport routes, because many roads during the rainy season are often flooded.

The river is also home to one belonging to the genus fish pike Ling, the Epiplatys multifasciatus.

Hydrometrie

The flow rate of the river was about 83 years ( 1911-94 ) in Bangui, about 550 km above the mouth measured. The observed in Bangui mean annual flow rate during this period was 4092 m³ / s

The average monthly flow of the river Ubangi measured at the hydrological station of Bangui ( in m³ / s)