The Bolombo River is a river in Équateur province,

Democratic Republic of the Congo The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), also known as the DR Congo, Congo-Kinshasa, or simply the Congo (the last ambiguously also referring to the neighbouring Republic of the Congo), is a country in Central Africa. By land area, it is t ...

. The Bolombo is a

tributary A tributary, or an ''affluent'', is a stream or river that flows into a larger stream (''main stem'' or ''"parent"''), river, or a lake. A tributary does not flow directly into a sea or ocean. Tributaries, and the main stem river into which they ...

of the

Lopori River The Lopori river is a river in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The Lopori, and the Maringa River to the south, join near Basankusu to form the Lulonga River, a tributary of the Congo River The Congo River, formerly also known as the Zair ...

. The Lopori River joins with the

Maringa River The Maringa river is a river in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The Maringa, and the Lopori River to the north, join tBasankusu to form the Lulonga River, a tributary of the Congo River. he Maringa / Lopori basin contains the Maringa-Lopori- ...

to the south, to form the

Lulonga River The Lulonga (, , ) is a river in the Equateur province of Democratic Republic of the Congo. It is about 200 km long from its beginning at the town of Basankusu. The Lopori and the Maringa join to form the Lulonga there. The Lulonga River fl ...

, a

of the

Congo River 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 list of rivers by discharge, by discharge volume, following the Amazon Ri ...

. The Bolombo flows through the Lopori / Maringa basin, also known as the

Maringa-Lopori-Wamba forest Landscape The Maringa-Lopori-Wamba Landscape (MLW) is an ecologically sensitive Landscape ecology, landscape in the Democratic Republic of the Congo within the Maringa River, Maringa / Lopori River, Lopori basin. Since 1973 a Japanese team has been research ...

, an area of great ecological importance. The major tributaries of the Bolombo include the Bloia River, the Loniuka and the Lololu.Geonames
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Rivers of the Democratic Republic of the Congo {{DRCongo-river-stub