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| name               = Aruwimi River
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| name_other         = Ituri River<br>Mto Ituri<br>Rivière Ituri
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| pushpin_map        = Democratic Republic of the Congo
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| pushpin_map_caption= Location of mouth in the DR Congo
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| discharge1_location=[[Basoko]], (near mouth) 
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| discharge1_avg     = {{convert|2,200|m3/s|cuft/s|abbr=on}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fao.org|title=Variations in dissolved greenhouse gases (CO2, CH4, N2O) in the Congo River network overwhelmingly driven by fluvial-wetland connectivity|last1=Alberto|first1=V. Borges|date=2019}}</ref>
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| source1            = [[Blue Mountains (Congo)|Blue Mountains]]
| source1_location   = [[Lake Albert (Africa)|Lake Albert]]
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| mouth              = [[Congo River]]
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}}[[File:In Darkest Africa ascending Aruwimi River.jpg|right|250px|thumb|An engraving of Stanley's expedition ascending the Aruwimi, from his book ''In Darkest Africa'', 1890]]
[[File:Stanley Falls Map.jpg|thumb|300px|Stanley's routes are indicated by the solid and dashed black lines.]]
The '''Aruwimi River''' ({{langx|sw|Mto Aruwimi}}, {{langx|fr|Rivière Aruwimi}}) is a [[tributary]] of the [[Congo River]], located to the north and east of the Congo.<ref name=Stanley>Stanley, H.M., 1899, Through the Dark Continent, London: G. Newnes, Vol. One {{ISBN|0486256677}}, Vol. Two {{ISBN|0486256685}}</ref>{{rp|Vol.Two,214}}

The Aruwimi begins as the [[Ituri River]], which rises near [[Lake Albert (Africa)|Lake Albert]],<ref name=bossche>{{cite book |last= Bossche |first= J.P. vanden |author2= G. M. Bernacsek |title= Source Book for the Inland Fishery Resources of Africa, Volume 1 |year= 1990 |publisher= Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations |isbn= 978-92-5-102983-1 |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=WLZRxM9vfXoC&pg=PA333 |page= 333}}</ref> in the savannas north of the Kibale River watershed. It then runs generally south southwest until it is joined by the Shari River which flows by Bunia. The Ituri then turns west, through the [[Ituri Forest]], becoming the Aruwimi where the [[Nepoko River|Nepoko]] (or Nepoki) River joins it, at the town of [[Bomili]]. The river continues westward, joining the Congo at [[Basoko]]. The length of the Aruwimi–Ituri-Nizi is about {{convert|1,287|km|mi|abbr=on}}, with the Ituri being about {{convert|650|km|mi}}, the Nizi about {{convert|257|km|mi}} and the Aruwimi about {{convert|380|km|mi}}. The Aruwimi is about {{convert|1.5|km|mi}} wide where it joins the Congo.

The watershed of the Ituri/Aruwimi is almost entirely dense forest, with just a handful of villages along its course, and crossed by roads in about four places. The [[Kango language]] ([[SIL code]] KZY) is spoken by several thousand villagers just south of Avakubi, and upper reaches of the Ituri are inhabited by the [[Mbuti people|Mbuti]] ([[Pygmy|Pygmies]]).

The Aruwimi was explored by [[Henry Morton Stanley]] during his [[Emin Pasha Relief Expedition|1887 expedition]] to "rescue" [[Emin Pasha]]. The [[waterfall|cataract]]s above [[Yambuya]] made it impossible to use the river for navigation, and the expedition had to go by land, with tremendous difficulty.

Tributaries:
* [[Nepoko River]]
* [[Lenda River]]

Settlements:
* [[Bomaneh]]
* [[Mongandjo]]
* [[Yambuya]]
* [[Banalia, Congo|Banalia]]
* [[Panga, Congo|Panga]]
* [[Bafwangbe]]
* [[Bomili]]
* [[Avakubi]]
* [[Teturi]]
* [[Bunia]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*{{GEOnet2|32FA87A4371C3774E0440003BA962ED3|Aruwimi}}

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[[Category:Rivers of the Democratic Republic of the Congo]]
[[Category:Tributaries of the Congo River]]