Ndji River
| Ndji River | |
|---|---|
  | |
| Location | |
| Country | Central African Republic |
| Prefecture | Haute-Kotto |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | |
| • coordinates | 7°20′00″N 21°31′00″E / 7.333333°N 21.516667°E |
| Mouth | Kotto River |
• location | Bria |
• coordinates | 6°47′48″N 22°15′43″E / 6.796609°N 22.261974°E |
| Length | 238 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
[edit]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 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 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 on the Ndji River. He described the country as flat, and sometimes walked for six hours without crossing a stream.[3]
Ecology
[edit]The river is home to the Syncerus caffer aequinoctialis subspecies of the African buffalo.[4]
Notes
[edit]- ^ Boulvert 1987, p. 30.
- ^ Boulvert 2019, p. 178.
- ^ Boulvert 2019, p. 181.
- ^ Smitz et al. 2013.
Sources
[edit]- 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