Ndjili River
The Ndjili River is a river that flows from the south through the capital city of Kinshasa in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, where it joins the Congo River. It separates the districts of Tshangu and Mont Amba. The river gives its name to the Ndjili commune and to the Ndjili International Airport.
Location
Kinshasa lies in a plain surrounded by hills drained by numerous local rivers, of which the N'sele and N'djili are important tributaries of the Congo River. The climate is tropical, with a dry season and a rainy season. Kinshasa lies just downstream of the Malebo Pool, where the Congo river widens to 25 kilometres (16 mi) across for a length of about 35 kilometres (22 mi). The pool has an area of 50,000 hectares (120,000 acres), with the Mbamu island occupying the centre part. The pool is almost 300 metres (980 ft) above sea level, surrounded at some distance by hills that rise to 500 metres (1,600 ft) above sea level. Along the southern shore of the pool the land is swampy between the mouths of the Nsele and Ndjili rivers, a distance of 30 kilometres (19 mi), with the swamps covering 10,800 hectares (27,000 acres). The swamps extend 7 kilometres (4.3 mi) inland along the Ndjili.
Ndjili
Ndjili may refer to:
Ndjili, Kinshasa
Ndjili or N'Djili is a municipality (commune) in the Tshangu district of Kinshasa, the capital city of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It is named after the Ndjili River, which forms its western boundary.
Demographics
Transport
It is served by a station on the Matadi-Kinshasa Railway. An agreement was made with Belgium in 2007 to upgrade this line.
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