The sources of the Congo are in the highlands and mountains of the East Africa Rift[?], as well as Lake Tanganyika and Lake Mweru, which feed the Lualaba River[?], which then becomes the Congo below Stanley Falls[?].
The Congo flows generally west from Kisangani[?] just below the falls, then gradually bends southwest, passing by Mbandaka[?], joining with the Ubangi River, and running into the Stanley Pool[?]. Kinshasa and Brazzaville are on opposite sides of the river below the Pool, then the river narrows and falls through a number of cataracts in deep canyons, running by Matadi and Boma[?], and into the sea at the small town of Muanda[?].
Between the Pool and the Falls, the Congo is readily navigable, and a major thoroughfare through the forest. Henry Morton Stanley was the first European to navigate along the river's length and report on it.
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