The Congo–Nile Divide or the Nile–Congo Watershed is the continental divide that separates the drainage basins of the Congo and Nile rivers. It is about 2,000 kilometres long.
Azande people c. 1880. Their territory lay on either side of the northern section of the divide, which was made an international frontier at the Berlin Conference of 1884–85.
The Congo–Nile divide (green line) starts at the triple divide (orange dot) where the Congo, Chad and Nile basins meet. This point is located on the boundary the Central African Republic and Sudan, at the limit between the Vakaga and Haute-Kotto prefectures.
Ruwenzori Mountains in the central part of the divide, to the west of the Albertine rift
Mountains in Rwanda. The volcanoes in the background are the Virunga Mountains, home of the critically endangered mountain gorillas.
The Congo River, formerly also known as the Zaire River, is the second-longest river in Africa, shorter only than the Nile, as well as the third largest river in the world by discharge volume, followi
Congo–Nile Divide
…The Congo–Nile Divide or the Nile–Congo Watershed is the continental divide that separates the drainage basins of the Congo and Nile rivers. It is about 2,000 kilometres (1,200 mi) long. There are several geologically and geographically distinct sections between the point…
Aerial view from the west of the Congo River with upstream half of Pool Malebo and Mbamu
Kinshasa as seen from Brazzaville, across the Pool Malebo
Aerial view of the Lukenie River as it meanders through the Central Congolian lowland forests