Middle Africa
DR Congo
The top 10 natural landmarks of DR Congo — real photos, locations and fascinating facts for every wonder.
VolcanoesVirunga National Park
North Kivu
Virunga National Park is a national park in the Albertine Rift Valley in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It was created in 1925.
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Africa's oldest national park, spanning volcanoes, forests and gorilla habitat.
VolcanoesMount Nyiragongo
North Kivu
Mount Nyiragongo is an active stratovolcano with an elevation of 3,470 m (11,385 ft) in the Virunga Mountains associated with the Albertine Rift. It is located inside Virunga National Park, in the North Kivu province in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, about 12 km (7.5 mi) north of the town of Goma and Lake Kivu and just 9.8 km (6.1mi) west of the border with Rwanda.
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Holds one of the world's largest and most active lava lakes.
RiversCongo River
Central Africa
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 third largest river in the world by discharge volume, following the Amazon and Ganges–Brahmaputra rivers. It is the world's deepest recorded river, with measured depths of around 220 m (720 ft).
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The world's deepest river and second by discharge, looping across the equator.
ForestsOkapi Wildlife Reserve
Ituri
The Okapi Wildlife Reserve is a wildlife reserve in the Ituri Forest in the north-east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, near the borders with South Sudan and Uganda. At approximately 14,000 km2, it covers approximately one-fifth of the area of the forest.
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A rainforest reserve protecting the elusive okapi of the Ituri Forest.
ForestsKahuzi-Biéga
South Kivu
The Kahuzi-Biega National Park is a protected area near Bukavu town in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo. It is situated near the western bank of Lake Kivu and the Rwandan border.
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A rainforest park sheltering endangered eastern lowland gorillas.
LakesLake Kivu
Eastern DRC
Lake Kivu is one of the African Great Lakes. It lies on the border between the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Rwanda, and is in the Albertine Rift, the western branch of the East African Rift.
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One of the African Great Lakes, holding vast dissolved gases at depth.
ForestsSalonga National Park
Central DRC
Salonga National Park is a national park in the Democratic Republic of the Congo located in the Congo River basin. It is Africa's largest tropical rainforest reserve covering about 36,000 km2 or 3,600,000 hectares.
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Africa's largest tropical rainforest reserve, a stronghold for bonobos.
WaterfallsBoyoma Falls
Tshopo
Boyoma Falls, formerly known as Stanley Falls, is a series of seven cataracts, each no more than 5 m (16 ft) high, extending over more than 100 km (62 mi) along a curve of the Lualaba River between the river port towns of Ubundu and Kisangani in the Orientale Province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The seven cataracts have a total drop of 61 m (200 ft).
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Seven cataracts carrying the greatest volume of any waterfall on Earth.
LakesLake Tanganyika
Eastern DRC
Lake Tanganyika is an African Great Lake. It is the world's second-largest freshwater lake by volume and the second deepest, in both cases after Lake Baikal in Siberia.
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The world's longest freshwater lake and the second deepest.
GrasslandsGaramba National Park
Haut-Uele
Garamba National Park is a national park in the north-eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo covering nearly 5,200 km2 (2,000 sq mi). It is among Africa's oldest parks and was designated a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1980 for its protection of critical habitat for northern white rhinoceroses, African elephants, hippopotamuses, and giraffes.
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Vast savanna once home to the northern white rhino.