Inga Falls

Inga Falls
General information
Labarin ƙasa
Tsarin Daidaiton Labarin Kasa	5°30′S 13°38′E
Bangare na	Livingstone Falls
Wuri	Inga (en)
Kasa	Jamhuriyar dimokuradiyya Kwango
Territory	Seke-Banza Territory (en) da Kongo Central (en)
Flanked by	Kogin Congo
Hydrography (en)
Ruwan ruwa	Kongo Basin

Inga Falls yana da sauri 40 kilometres (25 mi) daga Matadi a Jamhuriyar Dimokuradiyyar Kongo inda Kogin Kongo ya faɗi 96 metres (315 ft) a cikin tafiyar 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) . Ruwan ruwan wani ɓangare ne na babban rukunin ruwan ruwan da ke ƙasan Kogin Congo. Ruwan ruwan Livingstone yana nan kusa da tafkin Malebo . Waɗannan ruwan ruwan sun samo asali ne a wani lanƙwasa mai kaifi na Kogin Congo inda faɗin kogin yake canzawa daga fiye da 4 kilometres (13,000 ft) zuwa 260 metres (850 ft) .

Tare da matsakaicin fitar ruwa na 42,000 cubic metres per second (1,500,000 cu ft/s), ana iya ɗaukar rafin a matsayin mafi girma a duniya, amma ba a yawan ɗaukar shi a matsayin cikakken rafin ruwa ba. Matsakaicin adadin ruwan da aka taɓa auna shi ya kai 71,000 cubic metres per second (2,500,000 cu ft/s). Inga Falls kuma wurin ne da aka gina manyan madatsun ruwa guda biyu na hydroelectric dam, waɗanda aka sani da Inga I da Inga II, tare da wasu madatsun ruwa guda biyu da ake shirin ginawa, Inga III da Grand Inga Dam, wanda na ƙarshe zai kasance mafi girma (dangane da samar da wutar lantarki) a duniya.