Sangha River
{{Short description|River in Central Africa}}
File:Sanghabasinmap.png to the east and Likouala-Mossaka to the west]]
{{Designation list
| designation1 = Ramsar
| designation1_offname = Partie camerounaise du fleuve Sangha
| designation1_date = 2 February 2008
| designation1_number = 1739{{Cite web|title=Partie camerounaise du fleuve Sangha|website=Ramsar Sites Information Service|url=https://rsis.ramsar.org/ris/1739|accessdate=25 April 2018}}
| designation2 = Ramsar
| designation2_offname = Sangha-Nouabalé-Ndoki
| designation2_date = 4 March 2009
| designation2_number = 1858{{Cite web|title=Sangha-Nouabalé-Ndoki|website=Ramsar Sites Information Service|url=https://rsis.ramsar.org/ris/1858|accessdate=25 April 2018}}
| designation3 = Ramsar
| designation3_offname = Riviere Sangha située en République Centrafricaine
| designation3_date = 5 November 2009
| designation3_number = 1889{{Cite web|title=Riviere Sangha située en République Centrafricaine|website=Ramsar Sites Information Service|url=https://rsis.ramsar.org/ris/1889|accessdate=25 April 2018}}}}
The Sangha River ({{langx|kg|label=Kikongo|Nzâdi Sangha}}, {{langx|sw|Mto Sanga}}, {{langx|fr|label=French|Rivière Sangha}}), a tributary of the Congo River, is located in Central Africa.
Geography
The Sangha River is formed at the confluence of the Mambéré River and the Kadéï River at Nola in the western Central African Republic ({{Coord|3|30|55|N|16|2|50|E |type:waterbody |name=Sangha River head}}). The Sangha flows along the border of Cameroon, with the Central African Republic, and then the Republic of Congo. It joins the Congo River at {{Coord|1|12|45|S|16|49|40|E |type:waterbody |display=inline,title|name=Sagha River mouth}}.
The tributaries of the Sangha River include the Ngoko River (Dja river). Its river mouth and confluence with the Sangha is at Ouésso, in the Republic of the Congo ({{coord|1|39|5|N|16|3|25|E |type:waterbody |name=Ngoko River mouth}}).
Ecology
The Sangha River is a Freshwater ecoregion of Africa. Its wetlands in the Central African Republic, Cameroon and Congo are protected Ramsar sites.
References
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External links
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- [https://web.archive.org/web/20100411231220/http://multimedia.wri.org/watersheds_2003/af5.html Water Resources eAtlas.org: Map of the Sangha River basin]
{{Rivers of Cameroon}}
{{Rivers of the Republic of the Congo}}
{{Rivers of the Central African Republic}}
Category:Cameroon–Central African Republic border
Category:Cameroon–Republic of the Congo border
Category:East Region (Cameroon)
Category:Ecoregions of Cameroon
Category:Ecoregions of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Category:Ecoregions of the Republic of the Congo
Category:Freshwater ecoregions of Africa
Category:International rivers of Africa
Category:Ramsar sites in Cameroon
Category:Ramsar sites in the Central African Republic
Category:Ramsar sites in the Republic of the Congo
Category:Rivers of the Central African Republic
Category:Rivers of the Republic of the Congo
Category:Sangha Department (Republic of the Congo)
Category:Tributaries of the Congo River
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