Dense grasslands extend beyond the Congo River in the north. D’une manière générale au Congo, il fait chaud à très chaud toute l’année. signed, but not ratified: 10,481 km Au niveau de l’Équateur, le thermomètre ne descend qu’exceptionnellement en dessous de 20 °C. boundaries with neighbors, Climate: water:
The country's only outlet to the Atlantic Ocean is a narrow strip of land on the north bank of the Congo River. Republic of the Congo - Republic of the Congo - Climate: The country’s tropical climate is characterized by heavy precipitation and high temperatures and humidity. Généralement, toute la République bouge sous la température moyenne annuelle, généralement, élevée. This is a list of the extreme points of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the points that are farther north, south, east or west than any other location. The Democratic Republic of the Congo forms part of the Congo River Basin, which covers an area of almost 1,000,000 square kilometres (390,000 sq mi). 2,267,048 km2 The climate is hot and humid in the river basin and cool and dry in the southern highlands, with a cold, alpine climate in the Rwenzori Mountains. Les températures maximales sont de 30-35 degrés en période de pluies (avec des pointes à 40 degrés) et descendent rarement sous les 20 degrés en saison sèche. Dans le nord-est, l’est et le sud-est, régions de plateaux et de montagnes, l’altitude modifie considérablement les conditions climatiques. Central Africa, north of Zambia, south of Central African Republic, Geographic coordinates: 0°00′N 25°00′E / 0.000°N 25.000°E / 0.000; 25.000, Area: D.R. The Democratic Republic of Congo has a hot and wet climate because it lies in the equatorial region. The average rainfall for the entire country is about 1,070 mm (42 in). exclusive economic zone: Caractéristiques du climat. This article incorporates public domain material from the CIA World Factbook website https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/index.html. Biodiversity, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection, Tropical Timber 83, Tropical Timber 94, Wetlands Congo is one of six African states that straddles the equator; it's the largest African state that has the equator passing through it. Freshwater withdrawal (domestic/industrial/agricultural), Subdivisions of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Former place names in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/index.html, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Geography_of_the_Democratic_Republic_of_the_Congo&oldid=979285544, Geography of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Wikipedia articles incorporating text from the World Factbook, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, Northernmost point - unnamed location on the border with the, Easternmost point - at the point where the northern section of the border with Uganda enters, Southernmost point - unnamed location on the border with, Westernmost point - the point at which the border with, This page was last edited on 19 September 2020, at 22:08. 12 nmi (22 km) Atlantic Ocean 0 m tropical; hot and humid in equatorial river basin; cooler and drier in southern highlands; cooler-cold and wetter in eastern highlands and the Ruwenzori Range; north of Equator - wet season April to October, dry season December to February; south of Equator - wet season November to March, dry season April to October. The Democratic Republic of the Congo forms part of the Congo River Basin, which covers an area of almost 1,000,000 square kilometres. All Rights Reserved | Design by RGL.
total: permanent crops: Le Congo connait une température moyenne de 25 °C. La RDC comprend, en principe de deux saisons, c'est-à-dire sèche et pluie. The vast, low-lying central area is a plateau-shaped basin sloping toward the west, covered by tropical rainforest and criss-crossed by rivers, a large area of this has been categorized by the World Wildlife Fund as the Central Congolian lowland forests 77,810 km2.
1,283 km3 (2011), periodic droughts in south; Congo River floods (seasonal); in the east, in the Albertine Rift, there are active volcanoes, Poaching threatens wildlife populations (for example, the painted hunting dog, Lycaon pictus, is now considered extirpated from the Congo[1] due to human overpopulation and poaching); water pollution; deforestation (chiefly due to land conversion to agriculture by indigenous farmers[2]); refugees responsible for significant deforestation, soil erosion, and wildlife poaching; mining of minerals (coltan — a mineral used in creating capacitors, diamonds, and gold) causing environmental damage, party to:
High mountains of the Ruwenzori Range (some above 5,000 m or 16,000 ft) are found on the eastern borders with Rwanda and Uganda (see Albertine Rift montane forests for a description of this area). 3.09% South of the equator, the rainy season lasts from October to May and north of the Equator, from April to November. arable land: The vast, low-lying central area is a plateau-shaped basin sloping toward the west, covered by tropical rainforest and criss-crossed by rivers, a large area of this has been categorized by the World Wildlife Fund as the Central Congolian lowland forests ecoregion. Les influences de l’océan Atlantique, celles des alizés de l’océan Indien, celles de la zone équatoriale et celles des régions montagneuses de l’est - principaux éléments du climat congolais - font bouger le paysage et le climat du pays. Dans la République du Congo, pays africain traversé par l'équateur, le climat est équatorial (chaud et humide toute l'année, et sans une vraie saison sèche) au nord, et tropical (chaud et humide avec une saison sèche) au centre-sud.
Dans le Nord-Katanga et le Sud-Kasaï, les pluies commencent début octobre pour cesser fin avril, mais une petite saison sèche s’intercale au mois de janvier. Location of Congo: Les saisons sèches durent de début novembre à fin mars (grande saison sèche) et de début juillet à fin août (petite saison sèche). The 11th-largest country in the world (and 2nd in Africa); it is smaller than Algeria but larger than Greenland and Saudi Arabia. It is slightly larger than the U.S. state of Alaska, three times the size of the state of Texas and about a quarter the size of the United States as a whole. Géographie physique. Environmental Modification. The high mountains of the Ruwenzori Range on the eastern borders.