The Cuvo is a river in central Angola. The river mouth is at the Atlantic Ocean at Benguela Bay,[2] in Cuanza Sul Province. Cuvo is its name in its upper reaches; its lower course is called the Keve or Queve.[3] The river is navigable upstream to Binga Falls near Gabela.
| Cuvo | |
|---|---|
 Binda Falls | |
  Location in Angola | |
| Location | |
| Country | Angola |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Mouth | Atlantic Ocean |
• coordinates | 10°51′44″S 13°47′50″E / 10.862222°S 13.797222°E |
| Length | 505 km (314 mi) |
| Basin size | 22,908.3 km2 (8,844.9 sq mi)[1] |
| Discharge | |
| • location | Near mouth |
| • average | (Period: 1971–2000)369.1 m3/s (13,030 cu ft/s)[1] |
Its main tributaries include the Cussoi River.
The river may be the southern extent of the range of the African manatee.[4] The river wetland floodplain and Kumbira Forest is part of an Important Bird Area with several rare species.[5]
See also edit
References edit
- ^ a b "South West Coast".
- ^ The Earth and Its Inhabitants ...: South and east Africa, Elisée Reclus, Ernest George Ravenstein, Augustus Henry Keane, D. Appleton, 1890, p. 8
- ^ Angola Tourism Archived 2013-11-06 at the Portuguese Web Archive, Angola Embassy
- ^ A Directory of African Wetlands, R. H. Hughes, J. S. Hughes, G. M. Bernacsek, IUCN, 1992
- ^ A brief survey of the birds in Kumbira Forest, Gabela, Angola, Çagan H Sekercioglu and Adam Riley, Ostrich 2005, ISSN 0030-6525ISSN 0030-6525, 76(3&4): 111–117
- ^ 5.1 Angola Archived 2014-05-12 at the Wayback Machine, Ramsar Sites Information Service