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The Congo River falls about 96 metres in a long series of rapids. The figure is taken from World Waterfall Database, which is linked in full on this page. Every fact on Mondo Knows names its source rather than repeating an unsourced claim.

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Inga Falls carries the greatest flow of any waterfall

The Congo River falls about 96 metres in a long series of rapids The falls lie on the Congo River in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and pass an average of roughly 25,000 cubic metres of water every second, more than any other waterfall. They are not a single drop but a set of rapids and cataracts spread over about 15 kilometres. Flow is estimated from gauging stations upstream rather than measured at the brink. It sits in Mondo's records & extremes collection, one of 200 facts that each trace back to the reference below.

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Where does this come from, and can I check it?: The Congo River falls about 96 metres in a long series of rapids. The figure is taken from World Waterfall Database, which is linked in full on this page. Every fact on Mondo Knows names its source rather than repeating an unsourced claim.
Is this really a records & extremes fact?: Yes. It sits on the Records & Extremes shelf, one of 2,600 sourced facts grouped into space, animals, the human body, history, science and more. Category pages collect every fact in the same field.
What else can I read about it?: The links under the fact point to a quiz, game, puzzle or calculator on the same subject, and the shelf below shows related facts. The wording here is original, and quoted phrases are marked as quotations.