List of rivers of Africa facts for kids

This is a list of rivers in Africa. See below each river's article for its tributaries, drainage areas, etc.

Southern Africa

• Cuanza - Angola
• Great Fish River - South Africa
• Great Kei River - South Africa

• Black Kei River - South Africa
• White Kei River - South Africa

• Groot River(s) - South Africa
  • Groot River (Western Cape)
  • Groot River (Southern Cape)
  • Groot River (Eastern Cape)
  • another name for the Orange River - South Africa, Lesotho, Namibia
• Gamtoos River - South Africa
• Ihosy River - Madagascar
• Jukskei River - South Africa
• Kafue River - Zambia
• Kowie River - South Africa
• Kuiseb - Namibia
• Kunene - Angola (as Cunene), Namibia
• Kwando - Namibia, also known as Linyanti and Chobe in places
• Limpopo - Mozambique, South Africa, Zimbabwe, Botswana
• Luangwa River - Zambia
• Mania River - Madagascar
• Maputo River - South Africa, Eswatini, Mozambique
• Molopo - Botswana, South Africa
• Mooi River (Tugela) - South Africa
• Mthatha River - South Africa
• Okavango - Botswana, Namibia, Angola (as "Cubango")
• Onilahy River - Madagascar
• Orange - South Africa, Lesotho, Namibia

• Caledon - South Africa, Lesotho
• Vaal - South Africa
• Fish - Namibia

• Shangani River - Zimbabwe
• Swakop River - Namibia
• Tugela - South Africa
• Umfolozi River - South Africa

• Black Umfolozi River - South Africa
• White Umfolozi River - South Africa

• Umgeni River - South Africa
• Umkomazi River - South Africa
• Zambezi - Angola, Zambia, Namibia, Zimbabwe, Mozambique
• Gairezi - Zimbabwe, Mozambique

Central Africa

• Chari - Central African Republic, Chad, Cameroon
  • Logone - Central African Republic, Cameroon
• Kagera River - Burundi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda
• Congo - Angola, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Republic of the Congo
  • Ebola River - Democratic Republic of the Congo
  • Kasai - Angola, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Republic of the Congo
    • Kwango - Angola, Democratic Republic of the Congo
    • Sankuru - Democratic Republic of the Congo
  • Lualaba - Democratic Republic of the Congo
  • Lomami - Democratic Republic of the Congo
  • Ubangi - Democratic Republic of Congo, Republic of Congo, Central African Republic
  • Lulonga - Democratic Republic of the Congo
    • Lopori - Democratic Republic of the Congo
    • Maringa - Democratic Republic of the Congo
  • Tshuapa - Democratic Republic of the Congo
• Uele - Democratic Republic of the Congo
• Nyabarongo River - Rwanda
• Rurubu River - Burundi
• Ruzizi River - Democratic Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, Burundi
• Mbomou - Central Africa Republic
• Wouri - Cameroon
• Xufexufe River - São Tomé and Príncipe

East Africa

• Tana - Kenya
• Athi - Kenya
• Mara - Kenya and Tanzania
• Ewaso - Nyiro-Kenya
• Sondu - Mirio-Kenya
• Ruvoma - Tanzania
• Rufiji - Tanzania
• Ruvu - Tanzania
• Shebelle - Somalia and Ethiopia
• Jubba - Somalia and Ethiopia
• Nile - Uganda, Ethiopia, South Sudan, Sudan and Egypt
• Sezibwa - Uganda
• Maputo - Tanzania

West Africa

• Aba - Nigeria
• Bandama River
• Benue - Nigeria
• Cavalla River - Liberia
• Ethiope River - Nigeria
• Gambia - The Gambia, Senegal, Guinea
• Kolenté (Great Scarcies) - Guinea, Sierra Leone
• Little Scarcies (Kaba) - Guinea, Sierra Leone
• Moa - Guinea, Sierra Leone
• Niger - Nigeria, Benin, Niger, Mali, Guinea
• Oba - Nigeria
• Ose - Nigeria
• Osun - Nigeria
• Oteghelli - Nigeria
• Oueme - Benin
• Rokel - Sierra Leone
• Saint Paul - Liberia
• Sanaga - Cameroon
• Sankarani - Mali
• Senegal - Senegal, Mauritania, Mali
• Sewa River
• Volta - Ghana, Burkina Faso
• Cross River (Nigeria) - Nigeria
• Nuon River - Liberia, Ivory Coast
• Cestos River - Liberia

North Africa

• Nile - Egypt, Sudan, Ethiopia. 6,650 km
  • Atbarah River - Sudan, Ethiopia
  • Blue Nile - Sudan, Ethiopia
  • Didessa River - Ethiopia
  • Nile - Egypt
  • Bahr el Zeraf - South Sudan
  • White Nile - Sudan, South Sudan, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda
  • White Nile - Sudan, South Sudan
• Bou Regreg - Morocco. 240 km
• Draa River - Morocco. 1100 km
• Moulouya River - Morocco. 520 km
• Oum Er-Rbia River - Morocco. 555 km
• Sebou River - Morocco. 496 km
• Chelif River - Algeria. 725 km

See also

In Spanish: Anexo:Ríos más largos de África para niños

• Geography of Africa
• List of rivers of Europe
• List of rivers of Asia
• List of rivers of the Americas
• List of rivers of Oceania
• Lists of rivers
• List of dry rivers in Africa