Editing Pool Malebo (section)

==Geography==
The capitals of the [[Republic of the Congo]] and the [[Democratic Republic of the Congo]] &mdash;[[Brazzaville]] and [[Kinshasa]], respectively&mdash; are located on opposite shores of the southern part of Pool Malebo. These two capital cities are the closest geographically of any in the world (other than the contiguous [[Rome]], [[Italy]] and [[Vatican City]]).

The Pool is the beginning of the navigable part of the Congo River upstream to the cities of [[Mbandaka]], [[Kisangani]] and [[Bangui]]. Downstream, navigation of the river is blocked by its descent through hundreds of meters in a series of [[rapids]] known as the [[Livingstone Falls]].<ref name=Stanley>Stanley, H.M., 1899, Through the Dark Continent, London: G. Newnes, Vol. One {{ISBN|0486256677}}, Vol. Two {{ISBN|0486256685}}</ref>{{rp|Vol.Two,255}} The river reaches sea level at the port of [[Boma, Kongo Central|Boma]], Congo, after a passage of 300&nbsp;km.