Blue Mountains (Congo)

Blue Mountains (Congo)

The Blue Mountains are a mountain range located in the northeastern Ituri Province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. To the east the range overlooks Lake Albert, at the confluence of the Victoria Nile and Albert Nile, which form part of the border with Uganda. [ [http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/VBOL-6MVDJL?OpenDocument&Click= "Ugandan troops on high alert at Congo border"] , "Reuters", 14 March 2006 (hosted by reliefweb.int)] The western slopes of the Blue Mountains give rise to the Ituri River, a tributary of the Congo River. [ [http://www.unjlc.org/23003/DRC/rivers/unjlcarticle.2005-10-19.0866864829/view "Rivers description of the DRC (2005-06)"] by the United Nations Joint Logistics Center, 19 October 2005]

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Further reading

* "The Blue Mountains, Zaire: population and economy of an equatorial African mountain region" by B. Wiese, Kolner Geographische Arbeiten, Sonderfolge: Beitrage zur Landerkunde Afrikas. Steiner, Wiesbaden, Germany, Fed. Rep., 1979. (8)xviii, 273 p. de icon


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