1910–1911
Britannica 11th
Encyclopaedia Britannica · 11th edition
UBANGI, a river of Equatorial Africa, the chief northern affluent of the Congo (q.v.). The Ubangi (otherwise Mubangi or Mobangi) enters the Congo by various mouths between o° 22' and o° 37' S. and 17° 40' and 17° 50' E. The main channel, fully i m. wide, joins the Congo in o° 31' S. The Ubangi is formed by the junction of the Mbomu and the Welle, both of which rise on the north-eastern rim of the Congo basin. The water-parting between the Bahr-el-Ghazal affluents (Nile system) and the Mbomu headstreams is not very …
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