Lomami
Lomami is a mapped river in the YearMaps hydrographic index. River courses organise settlement, agriculture and frontier-making more durably than any political boundary, and this reach is indexed against the dams, lakes and cities within its catchment.
- Feature Class
- River
- Coordinates
- -4.03°, 24.96°
About Lomami
The Lomami River (Swahili: Mto Lomami, French: Rivière Lomami, Dutch: Lomami Rivier) is a major tributary of the Congo River in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The river is approximately 1,280 km (800 mi) long. 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. It flows north through Lubao, Tshofa, 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."
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.
The river has lent its name to a number of biological species, including the monkey Cercopithecus lomamiensis and the flowering plant Pavetta lomamiensis.
Encyclopedic summary adapted from Wikipedia: Lomami River (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Lomami: Key Facts
| Length | 1,280 km |
|---|---|
| Average discharge | 3,000 m³/s |
| Drainage basin | 110,000 km² |
| Source | State of Katanga |
| Mouth | River Congo |
| Drainage system | Congo Basin |
| Tributaries | Lukashi |
Facts from Wikidata Q753765 (CC0).
Major River Dossiers
Hand-written studies of the great river systems of history.
Connected Reaches
Nearby watercourses in the same drainage network.
Water Bodies in the Catchment
Settlements Along the Reach
Hydraulic Infrastructure Nearby
Surrounding Terrain
Lomami: Quick Answers
- Where is Lomami?
- Lomami is located in DR Congo, at 4.0289° S, 24.9561° E.
- Are there dams on the Lomami?
- No dam on the Lomami is recorded in the YearMaps dam index, which covers major structures only.