Mto Ogowe (au Ogooué) ndio mto muhimu zaidi wa Gabon, na ni wa nne kwa wingi wa maji barani Afrika (baada ya mto Kongo, mto Niger na mto Zambezi). Chanzo chake ni katika Jamhuri ya Kongo na delta yake kubwa ni kwenye ghuba ya Guinea (bahari ya Atlantiki). Mito mirefu ya Afrika (1980) Natural Wonders of the World. United States of America: Reader's Digest Association, Inc, 275. ISBN 0-89577-087-3.  Perusset André. 1983. Oro-Hydrographie (Le Relief) in Geographie et Cartographie du Gabon, Atlas Illustré led by The Ministère de l'Education Nationale de la Republique Gabonaise. Pg 10-13. Paris, France: Edicef. Petringa, Maria. Brazza, A Life for Africa. Bloomington, IN: AuthorHouse, 2006. ISBN 9781-4259-11980Script error: No such module "check isxn".. Describes Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza's extensive explorations of the Ogoué River basin. National Geographic. 2003. African Adventure Atlas Pg 24,72. led by Sean Fraser. Gardinier David. 1994. Historical Dictionary of Gabon 2nd Edition.