Geography

Author: TUBS

The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is located in western and central Africa. It is the second largest country in Africa behind Algeria.  The DRC is a little bigger then the State of Alaska and would fit with in the plain’s states of the continental United States.  This country has only 25 miles of coast line on it’s western border.  The Democratic Republic of the Congo has 2,344,858 sq km within its borders.  The Democratic Republic of the Congo borders is small enough to fit within the continental United States.  The Democratic Republic of the Congo is bordered by nine counties. The countries that neighbor the DRC are Angola, Burundi, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, South Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia. One of the DRC’s most important and impactful is Rwanda.  Rwanda is a very unstable and has many problems with rebel groups these group usually hide in the jungles of the DRC.  There has also been a very unstable relationship between both governments due to race.  Over the last 20 years the country have been fighting back a forth to put different leaders in power.  The capital of the Democratic Republic of the Congo is Kinshasa and is located in the western part of the country.  This poses a problem for the country because its power starts to fade as you get farther east.  The Democratic Republic of the Congo claims 12 nautical miles of the ocean.  The Democratic Republic of the Congo is located right on the equator the latitude is 0° North and the longitude 25° East.  A major river system in the Democratic Republic of the Congo is the Congo River. The Congo river is the second largest river Africa only to the Nile.  The Congo river has thousands of miles worth of shipping lanes on the river.  The Congo also is the most powerful river in Africa and has about 40 Hydroelectric plants along it.

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