thumb|Location of river basins and lakes in Africa

This is a list of rivers in Africa.

The African continent hosts some of the largest freshwater systems worldwide including the Nile and the Congo River.

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 <small>(as Cunene)</small>, 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 <small>(as "Cubango")</small>
  • 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&nbsp;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
  • Bou Regreg - Morocco. 240&nbsp;km
  • Draa River - Morocco. 1100&nbsp;km
  • Moulouya River - Morocco. 520&nbsp;km
  • Oum Er-Rbia River - Morocco. 555&nbsp;km
  • Sebou River - Morocco. 496&nbsp;km
  • Chelif River - Algeria. 725&nbsp;km

Rivers of Africa by discharge

See also

  • 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

References

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