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Ndji River

Coordinates: 6°47′48″N 22°15′43″E / 6.796609°N 22.261974°E / 6.796609; 22.261974
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Ndji River
Ndji River is located in Central African Republic
Ndji River
Location
CountryCentral African Republic
PrefectureHaute-Kotto
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • coordinates7°20′00″N 21°31′00″E / 7.333333°N 21.516667°E / 7.333333; 21.516667
MouthKotto River
 • location
Bria
 • coordinates
6°47′48″N 22°15′43″E / 6.796609°N 22.261974°E / 6.796609; 22.261974
Length238 kilometres (148 mi)

The Ndji River, or Ndgii River, Dji River, Kpéo River, is a river of the Central African Republic. It is a left tributary of the Kotto River.

Characteristics

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The Ndji river is 238 kilometres (148 mi) long. It rises to the east of the Pata sandstone plateau and skirts the eastern escarpment before crossing it. Its source at 7°20′0″N 21°31′0″E / 7.33333°N 21.51667°E / 7.33333; 21.51667 is at an elevation of 725 metres (2,379 ft). It drops by 158 metres (518 ft) to its mouth on the Kotto at 6°48′0″N 22°16′0″E / 6.80000°N 22.26667°E / 6.80000; 22.26667 at an elevation of 567 metres (1,860 ft).[1]

The Belgian explorer Léon Hanolet travelled up the valley of the Bali (Mbali) river and the upper Kotto River in 1894, following the road of the Arab caravans.[2] His expedition reached Dabago at 6°58′0″N 23°10′0″E / 6.96667°N 23.16667°E / 6.96667; 23.16667 on the Ndji River. He described the country as flat, and sometimes walked for six hours without crossing a stream.[3]

Ecology

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The river is home to the Syncerus caffer aequinoctialis subspecies of the African buffalo.[4]

Notes

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Sources

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  • Boulvert, Y. (1987), Republique Centrafricaine Carte oro-hydrographique (PDF), ORSTOM, retrieved 2020-12-23
  • Boulvert, Yves (2019), Explorations en Afrique Centrale 1790-1930 Apports des explorateurs à la connaissance du milieu (PDF), retrieved 2020-12-23
  • Smitz, Nathalie; Berthouly, Cécile; Cornélis, Daniel; Heller, Rasmus; Van Hooft, Pim; Chardonnet, Philippe; Caron, Alexandre; Prins, Herbert; Jansen van Vuuren, Bettine; De Iongh, Hans; Michaux, Johan (21 February 2013), "Pan-African Genetic Structure in the African Buffalo (Syncerus caffer): Investigating Intraspecific Divergence", PLOS ONE, 8 (2): e56235, doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0056235.g006, PMC 3578844, PMID 23437100