Lomami River
The Lomami River (Template:Langx, Template:Langx, Template:Langx) is a major tributary of the Congo River in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The river is approximately Template:Convert long.<ref name=bossche>Template:Cite book</ref> It flows north, west of and parallel to the upper Congo.
The Lomami rises in the south of the country, near Kamina and the Congo–Zambezi divide.<ref name=bossche/> It flows north through Lubao, Template:Ill, Kombe, Bolaiti, Opala, and Irema before joining the Congo at Isangi.
Henry Morton Stanley reached the confluence of the two rivers on 6 Jan. 1877, "the affluent Lumami, which Livingstone calls 'Young's river,' entered the great stream, by a mouth 600 yards wide, between low banks densely covered with trees."<ref name=Stanley>Stanley, H.M., 1899, Through the Dark Continent, London: G. Newnes, Vol. One Template:ISBN, Vol. Two Template:ISBN</ref>Template:Rp
In October 1889 M. Janssen, Governor-General of the Congo State, explored the Lomani river upstream from Isangi on the Ville de Bruxelles. After steaming for 116 hours he was stopped by rapids at a latitude of 4°27'2" S.<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>
The river has lent its name to a number of biological species, including the monkey Cercopithecus lomamiensis and the flowering plant Pavetta lomamiensis.
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