Inga Falls

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The runoff basin from above Inga Falls.
The runoff basin from above Inga Falls.

Inga Falls is a location 40 km from Matadi in the Democratic Republic of the Congo where the Congo River drops 96 m (315 ft). It is the largest waterfall in the world by average volume at 42,476 m³/s. (1,500,000 ft³/s.). Its maximum recorded volume is 70,793 m³/s. (2,500,000 ft³/s.) Inga falls is also the site of two large hydroelectric dams, named Inga I & II, as well as two projected dams, which would include the largest (by power production) in the world.[1]

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  1. ^ Africa plans biggest dam project. BBC, Monday, 21 April 2008.

Coordinates: 5°30′S, 13°37.5′E

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