The Rubi River () is a left tributary of the
Itimbiri River
The Itimbiri River () is a right tributary of the Congo River, which it joins above Bumba. At one time it was important as a navigable waterway for transporting good from the northeast of the country down to the Congo.
Course
The Itimbiri Rive ...
, which forms where the Rubi joins the
Likati River.
Course
The Rubi River originates in the southeast of the
Bas-Uélé
Bas-Uélé (French for "Lower Uélé") is one of the 21 provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo created in the 2015 repartitioning. Bas-Uélé, Haut-Uélé, Ituri, and Tshopo provinces are the result of the dismemberment of the forme ...
province, then flows west until it meets the Likati near Djamba.
The town of
Buta is on the north bank of its central section.
The Rubi crosses the
Poko,
Bambesa,
Buta and
Aketi territories.
The Itimbiri is formed by the confluence of the Rubi River and the Likati River.
The largest tributaries of the Itimbiri-Rubi are the Likati, Aketi and Tele.
The Domaine de chasse de Rubi-Tele (Rubi-Tele Hunting Domain) was created between the Rubi and Tele rivers in 1930, and modified in 1932.
It has an area of over .
It is one of the first protected areas in the DRC.
The status is not clear, but some see it as an area where all hunting is prohibited, which feeds neighboring hunting areas.
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Rivers of the Democratic Republic of the Congo