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The Wamba River (
French French may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to France ** French language, which originated in France ** French people, a nation and ethnic group ** French cuisine, cooking traditions and practices Arts and media * The French (band), ...
: ''Rivière Wamba'', Portuguese: ''Rio Wamba'') is a river in the
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 ...
(DRC) and
Angola Angola, officially the Republic of Angola, is a country on the west-Central Africa, central coast of Southern Africa. It is the second-largest Portuguese-speaking world, Portuguese-speaking (Lusophone) country in both total area and List of c ...
. It arises at an elevation of around as the confluence of several small streams in the
Lunda Norte Province Lunda Norte () is a province of Angola. It has an area of 103,760 km² and a population of 862,566. Angola's first President, Agostinho Neto, made Lucapa the provincial capital after independence, but the capital was later moved to Dundo. ...
of
Angola Angola, officially the Republic of Angola, is a country on the west-Central Africa, central coast of Southern Africa. It is the second-largest Portuguese-speaking world, Portuguese-speaking (Lusophone) country in both total area and List of c ...
, a region of low hills and shallow ravines. In Angola it is known as the Uamba River. It flows northward, where it forms a section of the Angola/DRC
border Borders are generally defined as geography, geographical boundaries, imposed either by features such as oceans and terrain, or by polity, political entities such as governments, sovereign states, federated states, and other administrative divisio ...
, then for most of its length runs through the
Kwango Province Kwango is a province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It is one of the 21 provinces created in the 2015 repartitioning. Kwango, Kwilu, and Mai-Ndombe provinces are the result of the dismemberment of the former Bandundu province. K ...
to its confluence into the
Kwango River The Cuango or Kwango (; ; ) is a transboundary river of Angola and Democratic Republic of Congo. It is the largest left bank tributary of the Kasai River in the Congo River basin. It flows through Malanje in Angola. The Kwango River basin ha ...
at an elevation of .


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List of rivers of the Democratic Republic of the Congo This is a list of rivers in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. This list is arranged by drainage basin, with respective tributaries indented under each larger stream's name. Atlantic Ocean *Chiloango River *Congo River **M'pozo River **Inkis ...
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List of rivers of Angola This is a list of rivers in Angola. This list is arranged by drainage basin, with respective tributaries indented under each larger stream's name. Atlantic Ocean *Chiloango River *Congo River **Inkisi River **Kasai River (Cassai River) ***Kwango ...


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{{reflist Rivers of the Democratic Republic of the Congo Rivers of Angola International rivers of Africa Border rivers Angola–Democratic Republic of the Congo border