RIVER BASIN · CNGO

Congo/Zaire

Africa · shared by 10 countries

3,688,888km² of basin
10riparian countries
8treaties on record
90Mpeople in basin

The basin

Congo/Zaire basin (blue) over its riparian countries · real geometry, TFDD & Natural Earth

Shared by

BurundiCameroonMalawiRwandaUnited Republic of TanzaniaZambiaCentral African RepublicDemocratic Republic of the CongoAngolaCongo

8 treaties in the record

1885General act of the conference of Berlin … Respecting: 1) freedom of trade in the basin of the Congo; 2) the slave trade; 3) neutrality of the territories in the
Navigation, Territorial and Border Issues
1894Agreement between Great Britain and the Independent State of the Congo relating to the spheres of influence of Great Britain and the Independent State of the Co
Border and Territorial Issues
1926Exchange of notes accepting the protocol relative to the Tanganyika-Ruanda-Urundi Frontier
Fisheries, Territorial and Border Issues
1927Convention regarding various questions of economic interest in the colonies of the Belgian Congo and Angola
Hydropower, Socioeconomic Development
1999Agreement for the implementation of fluvial regime and the creation of International Commission of Bassin river Congo-Oubangui-Samgha
Navigation
2003The Convention on the Sustainable Management of Lake Tanganyika ◆ GW
Fisheries, Water Quality
2007Protocol to the Accord establishing a uniform river regime and creating CICOS
Environment, Socioeconomic Development, Agriculture, Navigation, Infrastructure
2007Addendum to the accord for the creation of a flluvial uniform regime and the CICOS
Environment, Navigation, Fishing

Source: TFDD International Freshwater Treaties Database · open in the explorer →