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Inga Falls

Inga Falls is a rapid from Matadi in the Democratic Republic of the Congo where the Congo River drops over the course of . The falls are part of a larger group of rapids in the lower Congo River. Livingstone Falls are located upstream closer to the Pool Malebo. These falls have formed in a sharp bend of Congo River where the width of river fluctuates from more than to only .

With a median discharge of , the falls could be considered the largest in the world, but it is not widely considered to be a true waterfall. Its maximum recorded volume is . Inga falls is also the site of two large hydroelectric dams, named Inga I and Inga II, as well as two projected dams, Inga III and the Grand Inga Dam, the latter of which would be the largest (by power production) in the world.

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