{{Short description|River in Africa}} {{more sources|date=September 2022}}
{{Infobox river | name = Mbomou River | native_name = {{langx|fr|M'bomou}} | name_other = Bomu River | name_etymology = | nickname = | image = Ubangirivermap.png | image_size = | image_caption = Map showing the Mbomou River within the Ubangi River drainage basin | image_alt = | map = | map_size = | map_caption = | map_alt = | pushpin_map = Democratic Republic of the Congo | pushpin_map_size = | pushpin_map_caption= | pushpin_map_alt = | subdivision_type1 = | subdivision_name1 = | subdivision_type2 = | subdivision_name2 = | subdivision_type3 = | subdivision_name3 = | subdivision_type4 = | subdivision_name4 = | subdivision_type5 = | subdivision_name5 = | length = | width_min = | width_avg = | width_max = | depth_min = | depth_avg = | depth_max = | discharge1_location= | discharge1_min = | discharge1_avg = | discharge1_max = | source1 = | source1_location = | source1_coordinates= {{Coord|4.129|22.436|display=inline,title}} | source1_elevation = | mouth = | mouth_location = | mouth_coordinates = <!-- {{Coord|...|display=inline,title}} --> | mouth_elevation = | progression = | river_system = Congo Basin | basin_size = | basin_landmarks = | basin_population = | tributaries_left = | tributaries_right = | waterbodies = | waterfalls = | bridges = | ports = | custom_label = | custom_data = | extra = }}
The '''Mbomou River''' or '''Bomu''' (also spelled '''M'bomou''' in French) forms part of the boundary between the Central African Republic (CAR) and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).<ref>{{Cite web |title=Bomu River |url=https://www.britannica.com/place/Bomu-River |access-date=2022-09-25 |website=Britannica |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Shelley |first=Fred M. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5qlXatHRJtMC&pg=PA273 |title=Nation Shapes: The Story Behind the World's Borders |date=2013-04-23 |publisher=ABC-CLIO |page=273 |isbn=978-1-61069-106-2 |language=en}}</ref>
The Mbomou merges with the Uele River to form the Ubangi River.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Org |first=Glob Ener Interconn Deve &Coop |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=j6jbDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA26 |title=Research on Hydropower Development and Delivery in Congo River |date=2020-04-06 |publisher=Springer Nature |page=26 |isbn=978-981-15-3428-7 |language=en}}</ref> The Ubangi, a tributary of the Congo, also serves as part of the border between the CAR and the DRC.
==Gallery== <gallery> File:Forward, forward.jpg|Man on the Mbomou river, between Bangassou and Ndu </gallery>
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==Further reading== *{{Cite book |last1=Tshimanga |first1=Raphael M. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nsRdEAAAQBAJ |title=Congo Basin Hydrology, Climate, and Biogeochemistry: A Foundation for the Future |last2=N'kaya |first2=Guy D. Moukandi |last3=Alsdorf |first3=Douglas |date=2022-02-08 |publisher=John Wiley & Sons |isbn=978-1-119-65699-9 |language=en |ref=none}} *{{Cite book |last=Hughes |first=R. H. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VLjafeXa3gMC |title=A Directory of African Wetlands |date=1992 |publisher=IUCN |isbn=978-2-88032-949-5 |language=en |ref=none}}
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Category:Rivers of the Central African Republic Category:Rivers of the Democratic Republic of the Congo Category:Central African Republic–Democratic Republic of the Congo border Category:International rivers of Africa Category:Border rivers Category:Tributaries of the Ubangi River
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