Cuvo River
The Cuvo is a river in central Angola. The river mouth is at the Atlantic Ocean at Benguela Bay,[1] in Cuanza Sul Province. Cuvo is its name in its upper reaches; its lower course is called the Keve or Queve.[2] The river is navigable upstream to Binga Falls near Gabela.
| Cuvo River | |
|---|---|
 Binda Falls | |
  Location in Angola | |
| Location | |
| Country | Angola |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Mouth | |
• coordinates | 10°51′44″S 13°47′50″E |
Its main tributaries include the Cussoi River.
The river may be the southern extant of the range of the African manatee.[3] The river wetland floodplain and Kumbira Forest is part of an Important Bird Area with several rare species.[4]
See also
References
- The Earth and Its Inhabitants ...: South and east Africa, Elisée Reclus, Ernest George Ravenstein, Augustus Henry Keane, D. Appleton, 1890, p. 8
- Angola Tourism Archived 2013-11-06 at the Portuguese Web Archive, Angola Embassy
- A Directory of African Wetlands, R. H. Hughes, J. S. Hughes, G. M. Bernacsek, IUCN, 1992
- A brief survey of the birds in Kumbira Forest, Gabela, Angola, Çagan H Sekercioglu and Adam Riley, Ostrich 2005, ISSN 0030-6525ISSN 0030-6525, 76(3&4): 111–117
- 5.1 Angola Archived 2014-05-12 at the Wayback Machine, Ramsar Sites Information Service
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