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Rivers in Central African Republic

YearMaps maps 11 rivers in Central African Republic. The full list follows.

How this list is built: Listed alphabetically. A river is listed where its mapped reach lies, so long rivers appear under more than one country. It covers the rivers indexed in YearMaps, drawn from open geospatial data, and is not an exhaustive national register.

Rivers Listed
11
With Full Profile
8
Linked to a detail page
Rivers in Central African Republic
NameType
AoukaléRiver
Bahr AoukRiver
BaminguiRiver
BomuRiver
ChinkoRiver
KadéïRiver
KottoRiver
KoukourouRiver
LobayeRiver
OuhamRiver
UeleRiver

About the Rivers of Central African Republic

The 8 rivers above with an encyclopedia article, in brief. Each name opens the river's full page, with its course on the map.

Bahr Aouk
The Bahr Aouk River is a river in central Africa. It arises in eastern Chad at the border to Sudan and flows southwest, forming a significant portion of the international boundary between Chad and the Central African Republic. (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0)
Bomu
The Mbomou River or Bomu forms part of the boundary between the Central African Republic and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0)
Chinko
The Chinko River is a river of the Central African Republic. It is a right tributary of the Mbomou River. (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0)
Kadéï
The Kadéï River is a tributary of the Sangha River that flows through Cameroon and the Central African Republic. Its total drainage basin is 24,000 km2. The river rises from the eastern Adamawa Plateau, southeast of Garoua-Boulaï in Cameroon's East Province. (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0)
Kotto
The Kotto River is a tributary of the Oubangui River in the Central African Republic. (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0)
Lobaye
The Lobaye River is a river of the Central African Republic, a right tributary of the Ubangi River. (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0)
Ouham
The Ouham River is a river in Central Africa, and one of the main headwaters of the Chari River. The Ouham originates in the Central African Republic between the Nana-Mambéré and Ouham-Pendé prefectures, crossing into Chad where it joins the Chari about 25 km north of Sarh. (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0)
Uele
The Uele, also known by the phonetically identical Uélé, Ouélé, or Welle River, is a river in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0)

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Quick Answers

How many rivers are there in Central African Republic?
YearMaps lists 11 rivers for Central African Republic. This is the number mapped in the atlas, not an official national count.
Which rivers of Central African Republic also flow through other countries?
The Aoukalé (also Chad); The Bahr Aouk (also Chad); The Bomu (also DR Congo); The Kadéï (also Cameroon, Republic of the Congo); The Ouham (also Chad); The Uele (also DR Congo).