Congo Basin

American

[kong-goh bay-sin] / ˈkɒŋ goʊ ˌbeɪ sɪn /

noun

the sedimentary basin of the Congo River, located in central Africa, covering approximately 1.4 million sq. mi. (3.7 million sq. km), including great wetlands and vast stands of unspoiled tropical rainforest.

Etymology

Origin of Congo Basin

First recorded in 1880–85

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Among other things, it aims to get an agreement for a multi-billion-dollar fund to support the world's rainforests like the Amazon and the Congo Basin.

From BBC ● Nov. 9, 2025

It rains almost all year round in Mbandaka, the capital of Equateur province in the dense rainforest of the Congo Basin of central Africa.

From Barron's ● Oct. 13, 2025

The researchers used satellite imagery to track active fires from 2003 to 2021 in western and central Africa, including the Congo Basin.

From Science Daily ● May 2, 2024

Bonobos, meanwhile, live only in a relatively isolated portion of the Congo Basin that has no mountains, and consequently, no gorillas.

From Science Magazine ● Apr. 12, 2024

Burnham explored a tract of land larger than Germany, penetrating a thousand miles through a country, never before visited by white men, to the borders of the Congo Basin.

From Real Soldiers of Fortune by Richard Harding Davis

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