Congo Basin
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of Congo Basin
First recorded in 1880–85
Example Sentences
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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 Davis, Richard Harding
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