Boyoma Falls

Boyoma Falls, formerly known as Stanley Falls, is a series of seven cataracts, each no more than 5 m high, extending over more than 100 km along a curve of the Lualaba River between the river port towns of Ubundu and Kisangani in the Orientale Province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The seven cataracts have a total drop of 61 m. They form th…
Boyoma Falls, formerly known as Stanley Falls, is a series of seven cataracts, each no more than 5 m high, extending over more than 100 km along a curve of the Lualaba River between the river port towns of Ubundu and Kisangani in the Orientale Province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The seven cataracts have a total drop of 61 m. They form the largest waterfall by volume of annual flow rate in the world, exceeding both the Niagara Falls and the Iguazu Falls.
  • Location: Lualaba River, Kisangani, Democratic Republic of the Congo
  • Total height: 200 feet (61 m)
  • Average width: 4,500 feet (1,400 m)
  • Watercourse: Congo River
  • Average flow rate: 16,990 m³/s (600,000 cu ft/s)
  • Type: Cataract
Data from: en.wikipedia.org