Kogin Ogooué

Kogin Ogooué (ko Ogowe), wanda kuma aka fi sani da kogin Nazarat, kimanin kilomita 1,200 (tsawon mi mil 750), shine babban kogin Gabon da ke yammacin Afirka ta tsakiya kuma shine kogi na biyar mafi girma a Afirka ta hanyar yawan ruwa, wanda ke bin Kongo kawai, Kasai, Niger da Zambezi. Ruwan ruwanta ya malale kusan duk ƙasar Gabon, tare da wasu mashigan ruwa zuwa Jamhuriyar Kongo, Kamaru, da Equatorial Guinea.

 Hanya 
Kogin Ogooué ya hau arewa maso yamma na Bateke Plateaux kusa da Kengue, Jamhuriyar Kongo. Yana gudana arewa maso yamma, kuma ya shiga Gabon kusa da Boumango. Poubara Falls na kusa da Maulongo. Daga Lastoursville har zuwa Ndjole, Ogooué ba mai iya kewaya shi saboda saurin gudu. Daga garin na ƙarshe, ya yi yamma, kuma ya shiga Tekun Gini kusa da Ozouri, kudu da Port Gentil. Yankin Ogowe Delta yana da girma sosai, kusan tsawon kilomita 100 kuma faɗi kilomita 100.

 Basin 
Kogin Ogooué yana da murabba'in kilomita 223,856 (sq mi 86,000), wanda daga ciki murabba'in kilomita 173,000 (67,000 sq mi) ko kuma kashi 73 cikin 100 yana cikin Gabon. Yawanci ya ƙunshi dazuzzuka mara dadi tare da wasu ciyawar savanna inda rani na tsakiyar shekara ya fi tsawo. Gida ne na manyan halittu masu yawa. Misali, dukkan nau'o'in kada guda uku na Afirka, alal misali, suna faruwa ne a cikin kogin: kada da Nile, dodanni, kada, da siririn kada. Hakanan yanki ne irin na kifin kifi na Synodontis acanthoperca.

Kogin Mpassa yanki ne na Kogin Ogooué. Kogin Ndjoumou shi ne babban rafin kogin Mpassa.

 Tattalin arziki 
Jirgin Ogooué yana iya tafiya daga Ndjole zuwa teku. Ana kuma amfani da shi don kawo itace zuwa Port Gentil Harbor.

Kogin Ogowe ya hada da manyan wuraren adana abubuwa, gami da Filin shakatawa na Lope.

Yankin kamawa yana da matsakaicin yawan mutane 4 a kowace km². Garuruwan da ke bakin kogin sun hada da Ayem, Adané, Loanda, Lambaréné, Ndjole, Booué, Kankan, Maulongo, Mboungou-Mbadouma, Ndoro, Lastoursville, Moanda, da Franceville kusa da iyakar Kongo.

Garuruwa a Kongo sun hada da Zanaga.

Bature mai bincike na farko da ya gano asalin kogin zuwa asalin sa shine Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza, wanda yayi tafiya a yankin a cikin shekarun 1870.

 Igiyoyin ruwa 
link=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Ogoou%C3%A9.JPG|thumb|Kogin Ogooué
link=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Fan_women_and_child,_banks_of_the_Ogoway.jpg|thumb|Fan mata da yara, bankunan Ogoway. Daga Duniya da mazaunanta, Afirka (an buga 1890-1893 [v.1, 1892])
Kogin Ogowe yana karɓar ruwa mai yawa daga rafuka ciki har da:

 Abanga, wanda ya tashi a cikin tsaunukan Cristal, kusa da Medouneu
 Baniaka
 Dilo
 Iyinda, mafi mahimmancin haraji
 Letili
 Lassio
 Lebombi
 Lekabi
 Lekedi
 Lekoni, wanda ke gudana a fadin Akieni da Leconi
 Letili
 Leyou
 Lolo
 Mbine
 Ngolo
 Ngounie
 Nke
 Offoue
 Okano wanda babban harajin sa shine Kogin Lara
 Mpassa, wanda ke gudana ko'ina cikin Faransaville
 Sebe, wanda ke ratsa Okondja
 Wagny

 Manazarta 

 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 9781-4259-11980.  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. USA: The Scarercrow Press, Inc.
 Direction General de L'Environnement.1999. Stratégie nationale et Plan D'action sur la biodiversité biologique du Gabon.
 The Atlas of Africa. Pg 201. by Regine Van Chi-Bonnardel. Jeune Afrique Editions.
 Lerique Jacques. 1983. Hydrographie-Hydrologie. in Geographie et Cartographie du Gabon, Atlas Illustré led by The Ministère de l'Education Nationale de la Republique Gabonaise. Pg 14-15. Paris, France: Edicef.