Kasai River

Kasai River
noun
a river of southwestern Africa that rises in central Angola and flows east and then north (forming part of the border between Angola and Congo) and continuing northwest through Congo to empty into the Congo River on the border between Congo and Republic of the Congo
Syn: ↑Kasai, ↑River Kasai
Instance Hypernyms: ↑river

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