Stanley Pool

noun

1. a lake between the Democratic Republic of Congo (formerly Zaïre) and Congo-Brazzaville, formed by a widening of the River Congo. Area: 829 sq km (320 sq miles) Congolese namePool Malebo

Example Sentences

The Congo rushes on through this mountainous section, as though through one of our western cañons, till it reaches Stanley Pool.

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Leopoldville is situated on Stanley Pool, just to the right of where the rapids start their race to the south.

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It was from this point he dragged and hauled his boats, until he again reached smooth water at Stanley Pool.

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Kinshassa is situated on Stanley Pool, a lake-like expansion of the Congo more than two hundred square miles in area.

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Stanley Pool has always been associated in my mind with one of the most picturesque episodes in Stanley's life.

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