Ituri River

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title: "Ituri River" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["rivers-of-the-democratic-republic-of-the-congo"] topic_path: "general/rivers-of-the-democratic-republic-of-the-congo" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ituri_River" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

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FieldValue
nameIturi River
name_otherRivière Ituri
imageFile:Henry M. Stanley, In darkest Africa or the q Wellcome L0027735.jpg
image_captionAttacking an elephant in the Ituri River. From Henry Morton Stanley's In Darkest Africa (1890)
pushpin_mapDemocratic Republic of the Congo
subdivision_type1Country
subdivision_name1Democratic Republic of the Congo
length650 km
source1_coordinates
mouthAruwimi River
mouth_locationBomili
mouth_coordinates
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| name = Ituri River | name_native = | name_native_lang = | name_other = Rivière Ituri | name_etymology = | nickname = | image = File:Henry M. Stanley, In darkest Africa or the q Wellcome L0027735.jpg | image_size = | image_caption = Attacking an elephant in the Ituri River. From Henry Morton Stanley's In Darkest Africa (1890) | image_alt = | map = | map_size = | map_caption = | map_alt = | pushpin_map = Democratic Republic of the Congo | pushpin_map_size = | pushpin_map_caption= | pushpin_map_alt = | subdivision_type1 = Country | subdivision_name1 = Democratic Republic of the Congo | subdivision_type2 = | subdivision_name2 = | subdivision_type3 = | subdivision_name3 = | subdivision_type4 = | subdivision_name4 = | subdivision_type5 = | subdivision_name5 = | length = 650 km | width_min = | width_avg = | width_max = | depth_min = | depth_avg = | depth_max = | discharge1_location= | discharge1_min = | discharge1_avg = | discharge1_max = | source1 = | source1_location = | source1_coordinates= | source1_elevation = | mouth = Aruwimi River | mouth_location = Bomili | mouth_coordinates = | mouth_elevation = | progression = | river_system = | basin_size = | basin_landmarks = | basin_population = | tributaries_left = | tributaries_right = | waterbodies = | waterfalls = | bridges = | ports = | custom_label = | custom_data = | extra = The Ituri River (French: Rivière Ituri) is a river of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It is the main tributary of the Aruwimi River, which forms where the Ituri meets the Nepoko River. It gives its name to Ituri Province.

Course

The Ituri has its headwaters in province of Haut-Uélé in the mountains to the west of Lake Albert, about 15 km north of Kaladau. It flows generally south into Ituri province, and flows past Mongbwalu to the east. It is joined from the left by Shari River to the northeast of Irumu about 45 km south-southwest of Bunia. It is joined from the left by the Malibongo River near Komanda Helipad. From there it flows in a generally westward direction to Bomili in Tshopo province, where it is joined by the Nepoko River to form the Aruwimi.

The Ituri is 650 km long. The Aruwimi is 380 km long, giving a combined length of 1030 km.

The river flows through the 63000 km2 Ituri Rainforest. About one-fifth of the rainforest is made up of the Okapi Wildlife Reserve, a World Heritage Site.

History

In 1903 prospectors working for the Congo Free State discovered gold in the Ituri River. This led to the opening of the Kilo mine in 1905 and the Moto mine in 1911, and in 1919 to creation of the Régie Industrielle des Mines de Kilo-Moto.

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Sources

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  • {{citation |title=Impact of Swidden Age and Subsistence Hunting on Diversity and Abundance of Exploited Fauna in the Ituri Forest of Northeastern Zaire |last=Wilkie |first=David. S. |year=1987 |type=Unpublished Ph.D. dissertation |publisher=Department of Forestry and Wildlife Management, University of Massachusetts}} ::callout[type=info title="Wikipedia Source"] This article was imported from Wikipedia and is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Content has been adapted to SurfDoc format. Original contributors can be found on the article history page. ::
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