The Nzoro River (or Nzaro, Obi, Zoro) is a river in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It is a right tributary of the
Kibali River
The Kibali River is a tributary to the Uele River in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It originates in the mountains near Lake Albert and flows west for about to join the Dungu River at Dungu where the Uele River is formed. The Uele is a t ...
. It is used to supply hydroelectric power to the
Kibali Gold Mine.
Course
The Nzoro River originates in the extreme northeast of the country, near where the border with
South Sudan
South Sudan (), officially the Republic of South Sudan, is a landlocked country in East Africa. It is bordered on the north by Sudan; on the east by Ethiopia; on the south by the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda and Kenya; and on the ...
joins the border with
Uganda
Uganda, officially the Republic of Uganda, is a landlocked country in East Africa. It is bordered to the east by Kenya, to the north by South Sudan, to the west by the Democratic Republic of the Congo, to the south-west by Rwanda, and to the ...
.
It follows a meandering course in a generally west direction to its junction with the Kibali downstream from
Durba
Dubra (Oromo: "virgin") is a town in central Ethiopia. Located in the Oromia Special Zone Surrounding Finfinne, about 70 km north of Addis Ababa, this town has a latitude and longitude of with an elevation of 2450 meters above sea level. The ...
.
The
Köppen climate classification
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is Aw:
Tropical savanna
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, wet.
Human impact
The
Logo people
The Logo people or Logoa (plural) are an ethnic group of Nilotic peoples, Nilotic origin who live predominantly in the north-east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo as well as parts of western Uganda and southern South Sudan. There are belie ...
and
Lugbara people
The Lugbara are a Central Sudanic ethnic group who live primarily in the West Nile region of Uganda, in the adjoining area of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) with a few living in South Sudan. They speak the Lugbara language, a Centr ...
live in the river basin.
In 1891
Guillaume Van Kerkhoven, and
Jules Milz travelled from
Bumba up the
Itimbiri and
Likati
Likati is a town in the Aketi Territory of Bas-Uélé Province in the north of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).
Location
Likati is on the N4 road from Buta, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Buta to Bondo, Democratic Republic of the ...
, rivers, then overland to the
Uele River
The Uele, also known by the phonetically identical Uélé, Ouélé, or Welle River, is a river in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Course
The Uele forms at Dungu, at the confluence of the Dungu and Kibali rivers, which both originate ...
in the region of
Djabir. They then explored the
Kibali and the Zoro.
They reached the Nile, but had to retreat to the
Dungu region when they were attacked by Mahdists.
The
Kibali Gold Mine, operated by Randgold, started operations in 2009.
The company installed a 20 MW hydroelectric power plant on the Nzoro River, and planned to install three more.
The power plants are on cataracts and provide
run-of-the-river hydroelectricity
Run-of-river hydroelectricity (ROR) or run-of-the-river hydroelectricity is a type of hydroelectric generation plant whereby little or no water storage is provided. Run-of-the-river power plants may have no water storage at all or a limited amou ...
, avoiding the need for dams.
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