Inga Falls
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Inga Falls is a location 40 km from Matadi in the Democratic Republic of the Congo where the Congo River drops 96 m (315 ft). It is the largest waterfall in the world by average volume at 42,476 m³/s. (1,500,000 ft³/s.). Its maximum recorded volume is 70,793 m³/s. (2,500,000 ft³/s.) Inga falls is also the site of two large hydroelectric dams, named Inga I & II, as well as two projected dams, which would include the largest (by power production) in the world.[1]
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- ^ Africa plans biggest dam project. BBC, Monday, 21 April 2008.
- World Waterfalls Database World's Largest Waterfalls
- GENI Inga III page
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