Uelle
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Uelle Ouélé, Uele, Wɛlɛ |
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 The Uelle as the main source of the Ubangi |
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Haut-Uele , Bas-Uele , Mongala , Ituri Democratic Republic of the Congo
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| River system | Congo | |
| Drain over | Ubangi → Congo → Atlantic | |
| confluence | from Dungu and Kibali 3 ° 37 ′ 0 ″ N , 28 ° 34 ′ 0 ″ E |
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| Source height | 730 m | |
| confluence | with the Mbomou at Yakoma and formation of the Ubangi Coordinates: 4 ° 7 ′ 10 " N , 22 ° 26 ′ 7" E 4 ° 7 ′ 10 " N , 22 ° 26 ′ 7" E |
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| Mouth height | 398 m | |
| Height difference | 332 m | |
| Bottom slope | 0.29 ‰ | |
| length | 1130 km | |
| Catchment area | 135,400 km² | |
| Discharge A Eo : 135,400 km² at the mouth |
MQ 1940–1974 Mq 1940–1974 |
1530 m³ / s 11.3 l / (s km²) |
| Left tributaries | Bomokandi | |
| Right tributaries | Uere | |
| Medium-sized cities | Bondo , Niangara | |
| Small towns | Bima , Bwere , Gada , Dungu | |
| Ports | Bondo | |
| Navigable | partially | |
| Main source river of the Ubangi | ||
 The Uelle is created in Dungu by the confluence of the Dungu with the Kibali at Dungu Castle . |
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The Uelle (also Uëlle , in the Democratic Congo Belgo-French Uele , in Central Africa Franco-French Ouélé ) is the 1130 km long source river of the Ubangi .
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Its catchment area extends over 135,400 km² and is located in the Congolese provinces of Haut-Uele , Bas-Uele and Ituri .
The Uele arises on the western edge of the Central African Sill northwest of Lake Albert from the source rivers Dungu and Kibali . After the confluence with the Mbomou on the border with Central Africa , the river bears the name Ubangi and later becomes the second largest tributary of the Congo .
Its catchment area is inhabited by the Azande .
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Individual evidence
- ↑ Diallo, Siriadiou: Le Zaïre aujourd'hui . Paris 1980: Jaguar. P. 125
- ↑ a b J. Callede, Y. Boulvert, JP. Thiebaux: Le bassin de l'Oubangui, chap. 4th