. The earth and its inhabitants .. . n 180 Miles. the gorges of its upper course. The Kunene and Koanza, which follow from south to north, although more copious, have still but a slight volume compared with their respective areas of drainage. The same may be said of the Ogowe, which rises in the peninsular tract formed by the great bend of the Congo east of equatorial Guinea. The Niger, or " Nile of the Blacks," forms with the Nile, Congo, and Zambezi, one of the four great arteries of Africa. Even down to the beginning of this cen- tury many geographers still supposed that the Nile
. The earth and its inhabitants .. . n 180 Miles. the gorges of its upper course. The Kunene and Koanza, which follow from south to north, although more copious, have still but a slight volume compared with their respective areas of drainage. The same may be said of the Ogowe, which rises in the peninsular tract formed by the great bend of the Congo east of equatorial Guinea. The Niger, or " Nile of the Blacks," forms with the Nile, Congo, and Zambezi, one of the four great arteries of Africa. Even down to the beginning of this cen- tury many geographers still supposed that the Nile and the Niger mingled their
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