What is the deepest river in the world?

The basin of the deepest river in the world provides food, water, medicines and transportation to about 75 million people, according to Yale University’s Global Forest Atlas.

根据耶鲁大学的全球森林地图集，世界上最深的河流流域为大约7500万人提供了食物、水、药品和交通。

1 . Where does the Congo river flow through?

The Congo is the deepest river in the world. Its headwaters are in the north-east of Zambia, between Lake Tanganyika and Lake Nyasa (Malawi), 1760 metres above sea level; it flows into the Atlantic Ocean.

The Congo river flows through the Republic of the Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic, western Zambia, northern Angola, Cameroon and Tanzania. The lower course of the Congo river has large gorges and falls, which makes it one of the most dangerous rivers.

1.刚果河从哪里流过？
刚果是世界上最深的河流。其源头位于赞比亚东北部，坦噶尼喀湖和尼亚萨湖（马拉维）之间，海拔1760米；它流入大西洋。
刚果河流经刚果共和国、刚果民主共和国、中非共和国、赞比亚西部、安哥拉北部、喀麦隆和坦桑尼亚。刚果河的下游有巨大的峡谷和瀑布，这使它成为最危险的河流之一。

2 . How deep and how long is the Congo river?

The Congo river, formerly known as the Zaire, is the deepest river in the world: at some points the water can be up to 220 metres deep; the basin has a surface area of 3,457,000 square kilometres.

The Congo river is 4,700 kilometres long, which makes it the second longest river in Africa, the tenth longest river in the world and the second largest river by discharge volume in the world, only after the Amazon.

2.刚果河有多深，有多长？
刚果河，原名扎伊尔河，是世界上最深的河流：有些地方水深可达220米；该盆地的地表面积为3457000平方公里。
刚果河全长4700公里，是非洲第二长的河流，也是世界第十长的河流和世界第二大流量河流，仅次于亚马逊。

3 . What are the environmental threats in the Congo river basin?

One of the main threats in the Congo river basin is deforestation to accommodate modern agricultural practices; moreover, industrial logging accelerates the rate of deforestation.

The other major threat is food demand due to rapid population growth in the region, which leads to excessive hunting of wild animals such as bats, monkeys, rats and snakes.

3.刚果河流域的环境威胁是什么？
刚果河流域的主要威胁之一是为适应现代农业做法而砍伐森林；此外，工业伐木加速了森林砍伐的速度。
另一个主要威胁是该地区人口快速增长导致的粮食需求，这导致了对蝙蝠、猴子、老鼠和蛇等野生动物的过度狩猎。