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Intro
Preface
About the Maps and Charts
Acknowledgments
Contents
About the Author
Abbreviations
Part I: General Hydrographic Description of the Haut-Congo Basin
Chapter 1: Introduction to the General Geography of the DRC
Chapter 2: Early Shipping on the Haut-Congo
Chapter 3: From the Source to Kisangani: The Upper-Congo
Chapter 4: From Kisangani to Mbandaka: The High Middle-Congo and Ubangi
Chapter 5: The Low Middle-Congo: From Mbandaka to Tsumbiri
Chapter 6: The Last Stretch to Kinshasa: The Congo Couloir
Chapter 7: The Upper-Kasai Watershed
Chapter 8: The Sankuru, Fimi-Lukenie, and Lower-Kasai Tributaries
8.1 The Sankuru River System
8.2 The Fimi-Lukenie Watershed
8.3 The Lower-Kasai Tributaries
Chapter 9: The Kwango and Kwilu Watersheds
9.1 The Kwango River System
9.2 The Kwilu River
Chapter 10: The Congo Cataracts
Part II: Early European Mapping of the Maritime Congo River
Chapter 11: The First Europeans Venture Up the Congo Estuary
11.1 Conquering the Cataracts
Chapter 12: The Kouilou-Niari, an Alternative Access?
Chapter 13: The Voyage from Europe to Congo
13.1 Belgium Takes Over the Congo
Part III The Hydrography of the Maritime Congo River
Chapter 14: Introduction to the Bas-Congo
14.1 Climatological Observations
14.2 Population of the Kongo-Central Province
14.3 The Top Soil
14.4 Vegetation Along the Maritime Congo
14.5 The Congo River Discharge
Chapter 15: Early Maps of the Maritime River
15.1 Physical Description of the ``Divagante ́́Region
15.2 From Boma to Matadi
Chapter 16: The Acute Need for Bathymetric Surveys
16.1 The First Soundings
16.2 Pierre Van Deuren
Chapter 17: Hydrographic Basics in the Tropics
17.1 The Role of the Hydrographic Team
17.2 The Topographical Methods
Chapter 18: A New Navigation Channel in the Making
18.1 The Nisot and Mayaudon Passes
Chapter 19: The Mateba Deceiving Bend (Barrage du Faux-Bras de Mateba)
Chapter 20: Difficult Years
20.1 Where Is the Border Exactly?
20.2 The War Years
20.3 Alexandr Khokhloff Returns
Chapter 21: Independence in 1960
21.1 The Scale Model
21.2 Nineteen Seventies, Ups and Downs
21.3 About Dredging
Chapter 22: Based on Detailed Land Surveys
Chapter 23: Epilogue: A Concept for the Future?
Appendices
Appendix 1: A Brief History of the ``Congolaise des Voies Maritimes ́́(CVM)
Appendix 2: Congo Waterways Interbellum Figures
Selected Data on the Maritime Congo
Glossary
Bibliography
Preface
About the Maps and Charts
Acknowledgments
Contents
About the Author
Abbreviations
Part I: General Hydrographic Description of the Haut-Congo Basin
Chapter 1: Introduction to the General Geography of the DRC
Chapter 2: Early Shipping on the Haut-Congo
Chapter 3: From the Source to Kisangani: The Upper-Congo
Chapter 4: From Kisangani to Mbandaka: The High Middle-Congo and Ubangi
Chapter 5: The Low Middle-Congo: From Mbandaka to Tsumbiri
Chapter 6: The Last Stretch to Kinshasa: The Congo Couloir
Chapter 7: The Upper-Kasai Watershed
Chapter 8: The Sankuru, Fimi-Lukenie, and Lower-Kasai Tributaries
8.1 The Sankuru River System
8.2 The Fimi-Lukenie Watershed
8.3 The Lower-Kasai Tributaries
Chapter 9: The Kwango and Kwilu Watersheds
9.1 The Kwango River System
9.2 The Kwilu River
Chapter 10: The Congo Cataracts
Part II: Early European Mapping of the Maritime Congo River
Chapter 11: The First Europeans Venture Up the Congo Estuary
11.1 Conquering the Cataracts
Chapter 12: The Kouilou-Niari, an Alternative Access?
Chapter 13: The Voyage from Europe to Congo
13.1 Belgium Takes Over the Congo
Part III The Hydrography of the Maritime Congo River
Chapter 14: Introduction to the Bas-Congo
14.1 Climatological Observations
14.2 Population of the Kongo-Central Province
14.3 The Top Soil
14.4 Vegetation Along the Maritime Congo
14.5 The Congo River Discharge
Chapter 15: Early Maps of the Maritime River
15.1 Physical Description of the ``Divagante ́́Region
15.2 From Boma to Matadi
Chapter 16: The Acute Need for Bathymetric Surveys
16.1 The First Soundings
16.2 Pierre Van Deuren
Chapter 17: Hydrographic Basics in the Tropics
17.1 The Role of the Hydrographic Team
17.2 The Topographical Methods
Chapter 18: A New Navigation Channel in the Making
18.1 The Nisot and Mayaudon Passes
Chapter 19: The Mateba Deceiving Bend (Barrage du Faux-Bras de Mateba)
Chapter 20: Difficult Years
20.1 Where Is the Border Exactly?
20.2 The War Years
20.3 Alexandr Khokhloff Returns
Chapter 21: Independence in 1960
21.1 The Scale Model
21.2 Nineteen Seventies, Ups and Downs
21.3 About Dredging
Chapter 22: Based on Detailed Land Surveys
Chapter 23: Epilogue: A Concept for the Future?
Appendices
Appendix 1: A Brief History of the ``Congolaise des Voies Maritimes ́́(CVM)
Appendix 2: Congo Waterways Interbellum Figures
Selected Data on the Maritime Congo
Glossary
Bibliography