Where is the Congo River's most famous waterfall cataract system located?
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The Congo River’s best-known cataracts are in western Africa, mainly in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. They are the Livingstone Falls, a long series of rapids and falls near the lower Congo River.
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The Livingstone Falls are on the lower Congo River in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, near the border with Angola and the Atlantic coast. They are not a single waterfall but a chain of rapids and cataracts stretching for roughly 350 km (about 220 miles). The falls helped make the lower Congo one of the most powerful river systems on Earth. Scottish explorer Henry Morton Stanley named them after David Livingstone in the late 19th century.
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