Ndji River

Ndji River
Location
Country	Central African Republic
Prefecture	Haute-Kotto
Physical characteristics
Source
• coordinates	7°20′00″N 21°31′00″E / 7.333333°N 21.516667°E / 7.333333; 21.516667
Mouth	Kotto River
• location	Bria
• coordinates	6°47′48″N 22°15′43″E / 6.796609°N 22.261974°E / 6.796609; 22.261974Coordinates: 6°47′48″N 22°15′43″E / 6.796609°N 22.261974°E / 6.796609; 22.261974
Length	238 kilometres (148 mi)

The Ndji River, or Ndgii River, Dji River, Kpéo River, is a river of the Central African Republic. It is a left tributary of the Kotto River.

Characteristics[]

The Ndji river is 238 kilometres (148 mi) long. It rises to the east of the Pata sandstone plateau and skirts the eastern escarpment before crossing it. Its source at

7°20′0″N 21°31′0″E / 7.33333°N 21.51667°E / 7.33333; 21.51667 is at an elevation of 725 metres (2,379 ft). It drops by 158 metres (518 ft) to its mouth on the Kotto at

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6°48′0″N 22°16′0″E / 6.80000°N 22.26667°E / 6.80000; 22.26667 at an elevation of 567 metres (1,860 ft).^[1]

The Belgian explorer Léon Hanolet Hanolet travelled up the valley of the Bali (Mbali) river and the upper Kotto River in 1894, following the road of the Arab caravans.^[2] His expedition reached Dabago at

6°58′0″N 23°10′0″E / 6.96667°N 23.16667°E / 6.96667; 23.16667 on the Ndji River. He described the country as flat, and sometimes walked for six hours without crossing a stream.^[3]

Ecology[]

The river is home to the Syncerus caffer aequinoctialis subspecies of the African buffalo.^[4]

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