copenlu/druid huggingface dataset:
Claim: Congo River is a territory of Republic of the Congo (Congo River, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2024-09-16): Bantu, Sudanic, and other migrants from West and Northeastern Africa arrived in the Congo River Basin between 2000 B.C. and A.D. 500. The territory that is now the Democratic Republic of the Congo is extremely diverse, with more than 200 ethnic groups that trace their histories to many communal organizations and kingdoms. The Kingdom of Kongo, for example, ruled the area around the mouth of the Congo River from the 14th to 19th centuries. Meanwhile, the Kingdoms of Luba and Lunda, located to the south and east, were also notable political groupings in the territory and ruled from the 16th and 17th centuries to the 19th century. European prospectors in the Congo Basin invaded and splintered these kingdoms in the late 1800’s, sponsored by King LEOPOLD II of Belgium, and the kingdoms were eventually forced to grant Leopold the rights to the Congo territory as his private property. During this period, known as the Congo Free State, the king's private colonial military forced the local population to produce rubber. From 1885 to 1908, millions of Congolese people died as a result of disease, inhumane treatment, and exploitation. [...] Zaïre (Congo) river mouth (shared with Zambia [s], Angola, and Republic of Congo) - 4,700 km; Ubangi river mouth (shared with Central African Republic [s] and Republic of Congo) - 2,270 km note – [s] after country name indicates river source; [m] after country name indicates river mouth
Claim: Congo River is a territory of Republic of the Congo (Congo River, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2022-06-01): The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), is located in central sub-Saharan Africa, within the Congo Basin. The DRC’s territory straddles the Equator, with one-third of its land area to the north and two-thirds to the south. It is the second largest country in Africa, with a total land area of 2,345,408 km2. The DRC shares borders with the Republic of Congo to the northwest, the Central African Republic to the north, South Sudan to the northeast, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi and Tanzania (Lake Tanganyika) to the east, Zambia to the southeast and Angola to the west. The DRC has a largely equatorial climate; however, this varies across the country’s extensive land area. Generally, the country is hot and humid in the north and west, an area located within a significant portion of the Congo River Basin. The southern, central and eastern areas are generally cooler and drier. The DRC is home to an exceptionally high degree of diversity biomes, ecosystems, and habitats, notably dry rainforests (Muhulu), open woodland forests (Miombo), savannahs, as well as cloud and gallery forests. A large network of protected areas, safeguarding this diversity, covers approximately 8% of the national territory.
Claim: Congo River is a territory of Republic of the Congo (Congo River, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2005-11-08): The Congo River drains a total watershed area of 3,690,750km2, covering all of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), as well as parts of Congo-Brazzaville, Cameroon, the Central African Republic (CAR), Burundi, Tanzania, Zambia and Angola.2At the eastern end of the Congo River Basin, swamps and lakes play an important role in regulating the flow of the Congo River. [...] The Congo River is tidal all the way to Boma, some 100 km from the mouth of the river. It merges into the Atlantic Ocean between Banana Point, DRC, and Sharks Point, Angola, from where it continues its course underwater. The riverbed continues offshore with an 800 km-long submarine canyon that reaches a depth of 1,220 m. 5 ----------------------------------------- 1 Wikipedia. Accessed 08/11/05 2 Wikipedia. Accessed 08/11/05 3 Mongabay.com. Rivers, Streams and Creeks.http://www.mongabay.com/0603.htm Accessed: 07/11/05 4 The Columbia Electronic Encyclopaedia. Congo, river, Africa: Courseon Fact Monster. © 2000–2005 Pearson Education, publishing as Fact Monster.08 Nov. 2005 5 The Columbia Electronic Encyclopaedia. Congo, river, Africa: Courseon Fact Monster. © 2000–2005 Pearson Education, publishing as Fact Monster.08 Nov. 2005
Claim: Congo River is a territory of Republic of the Congo (Congo River, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2023-04-21): The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) stands as the first in Africa and the second in the tropical world with the largest remaining area of undisturbed tropical rainforest measuring 105.8 million hectares. Cameroon, Gabon and Congo show similar areas of intact forests ranging between 19.8 million hectares and 23.4 million hectares. [...] Based on the study, the researchers were also able to determine that, over the entire Congo Basin, 5% of protected areas are overlapped by mining titles, 65% of which are occupied by intact or degraded forests. According to the report, DRC and Central African Republic experience the most significant forest degradation and deforestation related to the mining sector. Besides artisanal mining, it should be noted that 11.6% of Congolese territory (DRC) is covered by mining titles, 35% of which is forest.
Claim: Congo River is a territory of Democratic Republic of Congo (Congo River, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2024-09-28): The Congo River,[a] formerly also known as the Zaire River, is the second-longest river in Africa, shorter only than the Nile, as well as the third-largest river in the world by discharge volume, following the Amazon and Ganges rivers. It is the world's deepest recorded river, with measured depths of around 220 m (720 ft).[9] The Congo–Lualaba–Luvua–Luapula–Chambeshi River system has an overall length of 4,700 km (2,900 mi), which makes it the world's ninth-longest river. The Chambeshi is a tributary of the Lualaba River, and Lualaba is the name of the Congo River upstream of Boyoma Falls, extending for 1,800 km (1,100 mi). Measured along with the Lualaba, the main tributary, the Congo River has a total length of 4,370 km (2,720 mi). It is the only major river to cross the Equator twice.[10] The Congo Basin has a total area of about 4,000,000 km2 (1,500,000 sq mi), or 13% of the entire African landmass. [...] - Bibliography on Water Resources and International Law—Peace Palace Library - Map of the Congo River basin at Water Resources eAtlas - The Congo Project, American Museum of Natural History - Rivers of the Democratic Republic of the Congo - Rivers of the Republic of the Congo - Rivers of Angola - Congo River - Congo drainage basin - Angola–Democratic Republic of the Congo border - Border rivers - Congolian forests - Democratic Republic of the Congo–Republic of the Congo border - International rivers of Africa - Physiographic sections
Claim: Congo River is a territory of Democratic Republic of Congo (Congo River, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2024-10-01): After several centuries of local governance, the Kingdoms of Kongo, Luba, and Lunda emerged and ruled different parts of the Congo River Basin until the end of the 19th Century. European conquest in the 1870s brought the territory under the control of Belgian King LEOPOLD II and later the Belgian state. The Republic of the Congo gained its independence from Belgium in 1960. The country’s name was changed to Zaire in 1971 and to Democratic Republic of the Congo in 1997.
Claim: Congo River is a territory of Democratic Republic of Congo (Congo River, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2020-08-17): Geography - note note 1: second largest country in Africa (after Algeria) and largest country in Sub-Saharan Africa; straddles the equator; dense tropical rain forest in central river basin and eastern highlands; the narrow strip of land that controls the lower Congo River is the DRC's only outlet to the South Atlantic Ocean note 2: because of its speed, cataracts, rapids, and turbulence the Congo River, most of which flows through the DRC, has never been accurately measured along much of its length; nonetheless, it is conceded to be the deepest river in the world; estimates of its greatest depth vary between 220 and 250 meters [...] Disputes - international heads of the Great Lakes states and UN pledged in 2004 to abate tribal, rebel, and militia fighting in the region, including northeast Congo, where the UN Organization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUC), organized in 1999, maintains over 16,500 uniformed peacekeepers; members of Uganda's Lord's Resistance Army forces continue to seek refuge in Congo's Garamba National Park as peace talks with the Uganda Government evolve; the location of the boundary in the broad Congo River with the Republic of the Congo is indefinite except in the Pool Malebo/Stanley Pool area; Uganda and DRC dispute Rukwanzi Island in Lake Albert and other areas on the Semliki River with hydrocarbon potential; boundary commission continues discussions over Congolese-administered triangle of land on the right bank of the Lunkinda River claimed by Zambia near the DRC village of Pweto; DRC accuses Angola of shifting monuments
Claim: Congo River is a territory of Democratic Republic of Congo (Congo River, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2020-01-20): The larger of the two countries, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, is located to the southeast, while the smaller nation, the Republic of the Congo, is situated to the northwest. While they share a name, each country has its own interesting history and statistics. Read on to learn more about these closely related but distinctly different nations. The Democratic Republic of the Congo The capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo, also known as "Congo-Kinshasa," is Kinshasa, which is also the country's largest city. Prior to its present name, the Democratic Republic of Congo was formerly known as Zaire, and before that, it was the Belgian Congo. The Democratic Republic of Congo borders the Central African Republic and South Sudan to the north; Uganda, Rwanda, and Burundi in the east; Zambia and Angola to the south; the Republic of the Congo, the Angolan exclave of Cabinda, and the Atlantic Ocean to the west. The country has access to the ocean through a 25-mile stretch of Atlantic coastline at Muanda and the roughly five-and-a-half-mile-wide mouth of the Congo River, which opens into the Gulf of Guinea.
Claim: Congo River is a territory of Democratic Republic of Congo (Congo River, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2024-09-21): Kinshasa, largest city and capital of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It lies about 320 miles (515 km) from the Atlantic Ocean on the south bank of the Congo River. One of the largest cities of sub-Saharan Africa, it is a special political unit equivalent to a Congolese region, with its own governor. The city’s inhabitants are popularly known as Kinois. [...] Kinshasa spreads out southward from the shoreline of the Congo River at Malebo Pool, a widening of the river. The plain on which the city lies varies mostly between 918 and 1,148 feet (280 and 350 metres) above sea level and is partly encircled by higher ground. The surrounding countryside is heavily farmed savanna and gallery forest; the chief crops are cassava, sugarcane, oil palms, plantains, corn (maize), peanuts (groundnuts), and beans.
Claim: Congo River is a territory of Democratic Republic of Congo (Congo River, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2023-11-29): The Democratic Republic of the Congo, often referred to as DRC or Congo, and formerly as Zaire, is the second largest country by area on the African continent and the richest in mineral wealth. The name "Congo" (meaning "hunter") comes from the Bakongo ethnic group that lives in the western part of the Congo River basin. [...] The tropical climate has also produced the Congo River system, which dominates the region topographically along with the rainforest it flows through, though they are not mutually exclusive. The river basin (meaning the Congo River and all of its myriad tributaries) occupies nearly the entire country and an area of nearly 400,000 square miles (one million square kilometers). The river and its tributaries (major offshoots include the Kasai, Sangha, Ubangi, Aruwimi, and Lulonga) form the backbone of Congolese economy and transportation, and they have a drastic impact on the daily lives of the people. The river provides the country's only outlet to the Atlantic Ocean via a narrow strip of land on its north bank; otherwise Congo would be completely landlocked. [...] Despite significant repatriation efforts by governments and international organizations, in 2006 Angolans, Rwandans, Sudanese, and residents of other neighboring states lived as refugees in the DRC; members of Uganda's Lords Resistance Army take refuge in the DRC's Garamba National Park. The location of the boundary in the broad Congo River with the Republic of the Congo is indefinite except in the Pool Malebo/Stanley Pool area.
Claim: Congo River is a territory of Democratic Republic of Congo (Congo River, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2024-01-22): The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is the largest country in sub-Saharan Africa. Between the 14th and 19th centuries, the kingdom of Kongo included much of the western part of present-day DRC, while in the centre and east the kingdoms of Luba and Lunda ruled from the 16th and 17th to the 19th centuries. The region was made a personal colony of the Belgian King Leopold II in 1885, called the Congo Free State, and exploited for its natural resources, particularly rubber, through plantation agriculture using forced labour. During this time a large proportion of the Congolese population died as a result of exploitation and disease. Belgium annexed the territory as the Belgian Congo in 1908. Independence was gained in 1960 as the Republic of Congo, also known as Congo-Leopoldville; this was later changed to Zaire in 1971 and the Democratic Republic of the Congo in 1997. [...] UNEP. 2011. Problematique de l’Eau en Republique Democratique du Congo: Defis et Opportunites. UNEP Rapport Technique van Engelen VWP, Verdoodt A, Dijkshoorn JA and van Ranst E. 2006. Soil and Terrain Database of Central Africa (DR of Congo, Burundi and Rwanda). Report 2006/07. Available through https://www.isric.org. ISRIC – World Soil Information, Wageningen).
Claim: Congo River is a territory of Democratic Republic of Congo (Congo River, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2022-12-17): List of rivers of the Democratic Republic of the Congo This is a list of rivers in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. This list is arranged by drainage basin, with respective tributaries indented under each larger stream's name. [...] Wikimedia Commons has media related to Rivers of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Claim: Congo River is a territory of Democratic Republic of Congo (Congo River, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2022-12-18): The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is the largest country of sub-Saharan Africa, occupying some 2,344,858 square kilometres (905,355 sq mi). Most of the country lies within the vast hollow of the Congo River basin. The vast, low-lying central area is a plateau-shaped basin sloping toward the west, covered by tropical rainforest and criss-crossed by rivers. The forest center is surrounded by mountainous terraces in the west, plateaus merging into savannas in the south and southwest. Dense grasslands extend beyond the Congo River in the north. High mountains of the Ruwenzori Range are found on the eastern borders with Rwanda and Uganda. The Congo River, formerly also known as the Zaire River, is the second longest river in Africa, shorter only than the Nile, as well as the second largest river in the world by discharge volume, following only the Amazon. It is also the world's deepest recorded river, with measured depths around 219.5 m (720 ft). The Congo-Lualaba-Chambeshi River system has an overall length of 4,700 km (2,920 mi), which makes it the world's ninth-longest river. The Chambeshi is a tributary of the Lualaba River, and Lualaba is the name of the Congo River upstream of Boyoma Falls, extending for 1,800 km (1,120 mi).
Claim: Congo River is a territory of Democratic Republic of Congo (Congo River, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2024-09-03): The existence of two countries named "Congo"—the Republic of the Congo (capital: Brazzaville) and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (capital: Kinshasa)—is primarily the result of colonial history, where different European powers colonized adjacent regions in Central Africa and named them after the Congo River. [...] - French Congo (now Republic of the Congo): The area on the north side of the Congo River was claimed by France and became known as the French Congo (part of French Equatorial Africa). It eventually became the Republic of the Congo, with its capital in Brazzaville. - Belgian Congo (now Democratic Republic of the Congo): The area on the south side of the Congo River was claimed by Belgium. This territory became known as the Congo Free State, a personal property of King Leopold II of Belgium, and later became the Belgian Congo. It eventually became the Democratic Republic of the Congo, with its capital in Kinshasa.
Claim: Congo River is a territory of Democratic Republic of Congo (Congo River, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2024-10-03): In the late 15th Century the Congo River delta was a major commercial hub for trade. That is the period when the inhabitants of the Congo River delta first came into contact with Europeans. Leopold II of Belgium acquired rights to the Congo territory (Zaire region) at the Conference of Berlin in 1885 and made the land his private property and named it the Congo Free State. In 1908 the Belgian government took it over and then it was called Belgian Congo. On 30 June 1960 it got its independence under the name "Democratic Republic of the Congo". [...] Democratic Republic of the Congo is divided into 10 provinces and one city. The city is Kinshasa and the provinces are Bas-Congo, Équateur, Kasai-Occidental, Kasai-Oriental, Katanga, Maniema, Nord-Kivu, Orientale and Sud-Kivu. [...] The Democratic Republic of the Congo was formerly known as (in chronological order) the Congo Free State, Belgian Congo, Congo-Léopoldville, Congo-Kinshasa, and Zaire (Zaïre in French). These former names are sometimes referred to, as unofficial names, with the exception of Mobutu's discredited Zaire, along with various abbreviations, such as, Congo, Congo-Kinshasa, DR Congo and DRC.
Claim: Congo River is a territory of Democratic Republic of Congo (Congo River, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (1999-07-26): Congo River, river in west-central Africa. With a length of 2,900 miles (4,700 km), it is the continent’s second longest river, after the Nile. It rises in the highlands of northeastern Zambia between Lakes Tanganyika and Nyasa (Malawi) as the Chambeshi River at an elevation of 5,760 feet (1,760 metres) above sea level and at a distance of about 430 miles (700 km) from the Indian Ocean. Its course then takes the form of a giant counterclockwise arc, flowing to the northwest, west, and southwest before draining into the Atlantic Ocean at Banana (Banane) in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Its drainage basin, covering an area of 1,335,000 square miles (3,457,000 square km), takes in almost the entire territory of that country, as well as most of the Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic, eastern Zambia, and northern Angola and parts of Cameroon and Tanzania.
Claim: Congo River is a territory of Democratic Republic of Congo (Congo River, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2024-10-06): The Democratic Republic of the Congo,[b] also known as the DR Congo, the DRC, or Congo-Kinshasa, is a country in Central Africa. By land area the Congo is the second-largest country in Africa and the 11th-largest in the world. With a population of around 109 million, the Democratic Republic of the Congo is the most populous Francophone country in the world. The national capital and largest city is Kinshasa, which is also the economic center. The country is bordered by the Republic of the Congo, Central African Republic, South Sudan, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Tanzania (across Lake Tanganyika), Zambia, Angola, the Cabinda exclave of Angola, and the South Atlantic Ocean. [...] The Democratic Republic of the Congo is named after the Congo River, which flows through the country. The Congo River is the world's deepest river and the world's third-largest river by discharge. The Comité d'études du haut Congo ("Committee for the Study of the Upper Congo"), established by King Leopold II of Belgium in 1876, and the International Association of the Congo, established by him in 1879, were also named after the river.[18]
Claim: Congo River is a territory of Democratic Republic of Congo (Congo River, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2024-09-16): Bantu, Sudanic, and other migrants from West and Northeastern Africa arrived in the Congo River Basin between 2000 B.C. and A.D. 500. The territory that is now the Democratic Republic of the Congo is extremely diverse, with more than 200 ethnic groups that trace their histories to many communal organizations and kingdoms. The Kingdom of Kongo, for example, ruled the area around the mouth of the Congo River from the 14th to 19th centuries. Meanwhile, the Kingdoms of Luba and Lunda, located to the south and east, were also notable political groupings in the territory and ruled from the 16th and 17th centuries to the 19th century. European prospectors in the Congo Basin invaded and splintered these kingdoms in the late 1800’s, sponsored by King LEOPOLD II of Belgium, and the kingdoms were eventually forced to grant Leopold the rights to the Congo territory as his private property. During this period, known as the Congo Free State, the king's private colonial military forced the local population to produce rubber. From 1885 to 1908, millions of Congolese people died as a result of disease, inhumane treatment, and exploitation.
Claim: Congo River is a territory of Democratic Republic of Congo (Congo River, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2023-02-28): The Congo River is one of the world's longest rivers and Africa's second-longest, flowing through six countries in West-Central Africa. The river snakes its way along the equator, crossing it on two occasions to finally drain into the Atlantic Ocean after traversing 2,900 miles! It is also the world's second-largest river by discharge volume after the Amazon River of South America. However, that is not all. This major African River is also the world's deepest river, with a maximum depth of 720 feet (220m). Over the years, many surveys have been conducted to understand and unravel the secrets of the Congo's dark depths. So, in this article, let us closely examine The World's Deepest River, the Congo River! [...] The Congo River flows through six countries of west-Central Africa - Cameroon, the Republic of the Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic, Equatorial Guinea, and Gabon. It is divided into three sections along its course - the Upper Congo, Middle Congo, and Lower Congo. The Congo traces its origin in Eastern Africa, with its headwaters located in the highlands of the East African Rift. The Lualaba River and the Chambeshi River are the major tributaries of the Congo, with the former being fed by lakes Mweru and Tanganyika and the latter rising in Zambia. The river drains into the Atlantic in the town of Moanda in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.