Uele River
Template:Short description The Uele, also known by the phonetically identical Uélé, Ouélé, or Welle River,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:GEOnet2</ref> is a river in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Course
The Uele forms at Dungu, at the confluence of the Dungu and Kibali rivers, which both originate in the mountains near Lake Albert. Combined these rivers flow west for about Template:Convert, until the Uele joins the Mbomou River at Yakoma. Main tributaries to the Uele river are the Bomokandi River (left side) and Uere River (right side).
The Uele–Mbomou confluence at Yakoma marks the origin of the Ubangi River, which in turn flows into the Congo River. The Uele is the longest tributary of the Ubangi. The combined Ubangi–Uele length is about Template:Convert.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
From satellite images, parts of the river look red from the iron oxide contaminants in the river.Template:Citation needed
Gallery
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Aerial imagery showing the red color of the river.
References
External links
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