Fwa River
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Fwa River French: Rivière Fwa | |
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![]() Kayaking on Lake Fwa on the Fwa River | |
Physical characteristics | |
Mouth | Lubi River |
• location | Kasaï-Oriental and Kasaï-Central |
• coordinates | 5°42′40″S 23°25′03″E / 5.71108°S 23.41759°E |
The Fwa (French: Rivière Fwa) is a river in the Democratic Republic of the Congo in central Africa, flowing through Kasai-Oriental province. The river is a tributary of the Lubi River, which is a tributary to the Sankuru River, in the southeastern Congo River drainage basin.
Fauna
The river is particularly notable for its diverse community of fish. This community includes five endemic cichlid species: Cyclopharynx fwae, C. schwetzi, Schwetzochromis neodon, Thoracochromis brauschi and T. callichromus.
References
- FishBase (2006) Eds. Froese, R. and D. Pauly. World Wide Web electronic publication. fishbase.org version (07/2006).
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