Back جغرافيا الكونغو الديمقراطية Arabic Xeografía de la República Democrática d'El Congu AST Геаграфія Дэмакратычнай Рэспублікі Конга Byelorussian География на Демократична република Конго Bulgarian গণপ্রজাতন্ত্রী কঙ্গোর ভূগোল Bengali/Bangla Geografia de la República Democràtica del Congo Catalan Geografio de la Demokratia Respubliko Kongo Esperanto Geografía de la República Democrática del Congo Spanish جغرافیای جمهوری دموکراتیک کنگو Persian Kongon demokraattisen tasavallan maantiede Finnish
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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).[1] Most of the country lies within the vast hollow of the Congo River basin.[1] 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 (some above 5,000 m or 16,000 ft) are found on the eastern borders with Rwanda and Uganda (see Albertine Rift montane forests for a description of this area).
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This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain: Almquist, Alden (1994). "Geography and Environment". In Meditz, Sandra W.; Merrill, Tim (eds.). Zaire: a country study (4th ed.). Washington, D.C.: Federal Research Division, Library of Congress. pp. 64–69. ISBN 0-8444-0795-X. OCLC 30666705.
