Luvua River
| Luvua River | |
|---|---|
| Location | |
| Country | Democratic Republic of the Congo |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | |
| • location | Lake Mweru (Pweto) |
| • elevation | 931 metres (3,054 ft) |
| Mouth | |
• location | Lualaba River (Ankoro) |
| Length | 350 km (220 mi) |
| Basin size | 265,300 km2 (102,400 sq mi) |
| Discharge | |
| • average | 600 m3/s (21,000 cu ft/s) |
| Basin features | |
| River system | Congo |
The Luvua River (or Lowa River) (Swahili: Mto Luvua) is a river in the Katanga Province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). It flows from the northern end of Lake Mweru on the Zambia-Congo border in a northwesterly direction for 350 kilometres (220 mi) to its confluence with the Lualaba River opposite the town of Ankoro. The Lualaba becomes the Congo River below the Boyoma Falls.