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 name: Pool Malebo

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How to use Stanley Pool in a sentence

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

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

    The Congo and Coasts of Africa | Richard Harding Davis
  • It was from this point he dragged and hauled his boats, until he again reached smooth water at Stanley Pool.

    The Congo and Coasts of Africa | Richard Harding Davis
  • Kinshassa is situated on Stanley Pool, a lake-like expansion of the Congo more than two hundred square miles in area.

    An African Adventure | Isaac F. Marcosson
  • Stanley Pool has always been associated in my mind with one of the most picturesque episodes in Stanley's life.

    An African Adventure | Isaac F. Marcosson