Aruwimi River

The Aruwimi River (French: Rivière Aruwimi) is a tributary of the Congo River, located to the north and east of the Congo.[2]: Vol.Two, 214 

Aruwimi River
Ituri River
Rivière Ituri
Aruwimi River is located in Democratic Republic of the Congo
Aruwimi River
Location of mouth in the DR Congo
Location
CountryDemocratic Republic of the Congo
Physical characteristics
SourceBlue Mountains
 • locationLake Albert
 • elevation1,182 m (3,878 ft)
MouthCongo River
 • location
Basoko
 • coordinates
1.223209°N 23.594298°E / 1.223209; 23.594298
 • elevation
359 m (1,178 ft)
Length1,287 km (800 mi)
Basin size116,100 km2 (44,800 sq mi)
Discharge 
 • locationBasoko, (near mouth)
 • average2,200 m3/s (78,000 cu ft/s)[1]
Basin features
River systemCongo River
Tributaries 
 • leftNepoko River
An engraving of Stanley's expedition ascending the Aruwimi, from his book In Darkest Africa, 1890
Stanley's routes are indicated by the solid and dashed black lines.

The Aruwimi begins as the Ituri River, which rises near Lake Albert,[3] in the savannas north of the Kibale River watershed. It then runs generally south southwest until it is joined by the Shari River which flows by Bunia. The Ituri then turns west, through the 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. The length of the Aruwimi–Ituri-Nizi is about 1,287 km (800 mi), with the Ituri being about 650 kilometres (400 mi), the Nizi about 257 kilometres (160 mi) and the Aruwimi about 380 kilometres (240 mi). The Aruwimi is about 1.5 kilometres (0.93 mi) wide where it joins 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).

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.

Tributaries:

Settlements:

  • Bomaneh
  • Mongandjo
  • Yambuya
  • Banalia
  • Panga
  • Bafwangbe
  • Bomili
  • Avakubi
  • Teturi
  • Bunia

References
  1. Alberto, V. Borges (2019). "Variations in dissolved greenhouse gases (CO2, CH4, N2O) in the Congo River network overwhelmingly driven by fluvial-wetland connectivity".
  2. Stanley, H.M., 1899, Through the Dark Continent, London: G. Newnes, Vol. One ISBN 0486256677, Vol. Two ISBN 0486256685
  3. Bossche, J.P. vanden; G. M. Bernacsek (1990). Source Book for the Inland Fishery Resources of Africa, Volume 1. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. p. 333. ISBN 978-92-5-102983-1.
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