The Busira River is a river in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It is the main tributary of the Ruki River , which in turn is a tributary of the Congo River . The Busira may be seen as the upper reach of the Ruki River. It is navigable year round.
13-634: Busira may refer to: Busira River , a river in the Democratic Republic of the Congo Busira (Democratic Republic of the Congo) , a village on the Busira River Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Busira . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change
26-699: The Lomela River joins the Tshuapa River from the left. The Busira receives the Salonga River 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) upstream from Lotoko . The Momboyo River joins the Busira River from the left to form the Ruki River above Ingende . The Busira is 305 kilometres (190 mi) long, and the whole Ruki-Busira waterway is 408 kilometres (254 mi) long. The Ruki–Busira can be navigated year round, since
39-626: The Matadi-Léopoldville Railway project. The Compagnie du chemin de fer du Congo (CFC) was given 1,500 hectares (3,700 acres) of land for every 1 kilometre (0.62 mi) of line put into operation, as well as a strip 200 metres (660 ft) wide along the railway. The CCCI and CFC lands were mostly grouped into the Bloc de la Busira-Momboyo , created in 1901, along the Busira and Momboyo rivers. This property of 1,041,373 hectares (2,573,290 acres)
52-465: The Busira between 19°00'E and 19°27'E. The Busira River feeds the Mbandaka flooded forests, and floods 925 square kilometres (357 sq mi). Edaphic savannas, small herbaceous clearings on sandy, or loamy to clayey soil, are found beside the channels of the Busira River. They are separated from the river by a strip of gallery forest. They form on old sandbanks or dried out lagoons left behind when
65-671: The French territory to the west of the Congo and Ubangi rivers. A map shows the company had posts along the upper Ruki River (i.e. the Busira) at Bilakamba , Bombimba , Bussira Manene, Moniaca , Bocoté and Yolongo . The Protestants established a mission at Monieka in 1912. The American doctor Louis Jaggard (1877–1951) at the mission spoke in 1917 with scorn of the 30 or so traders at Bussira, 4 miles (6.4 km) away, who came to him for treatment. He called them "low down white trash". Isidore Bakanja
78-530: The depth is always more than 1 metre (3 ft 3 in) and reaches 2 metres (6 ft 7 in) in the flood period. High water is in March-April and November. Low water is in February and June-July. Villages along the Busira River include Lingunda, Boleke, Bokote and Loolo. These have markets for wild animals and for forest products from the nearby Salonga National Park . They are the main source of bushmeat in
91-418: The link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Busira&oldid=1124824572 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Busira River The Busira River forms a few miles west of Boende where
104-645: The markets of Mbandaka , where the Ruki River joins the Congo River. The Busira forms in the heart of the central depression of the Congo Basin . Rainfall here averages 2,000 millimetres (79 in) annually, with no dry season. The Tshuapa and Lomela tributaries both run through wide belts of swampland. There are swamps on the Busira and Momboyo before they join to form the Ruki. Swamps cover 55,000 hectares (140,000 acres) on
117-717: The north shore of the Busira River at an elevation of about 334 metres (1,096 ft). It is in the Busira collectivity of the Bolomba Territory . A colonial map from 1894 shows the Bussira Manene trading post in this location, upstream from the Lengué ( Salonga ) River and downstream from Bocoté ( Bokote ). As of 1 January 1894 the Société anonyme belge pour le commerce du Haut-Congo (SAB) had 83 factories and posts, including some in
130-416: The river changed course. The vegetation is dominated by Hyparrhenia diplandra . The savannas are transitional and gradually disappear as they are invaded by the forest. As of 1 January 1894 the Société anonyme belge pour le commerce du Haut-Congo (SAB) had 83 factories and posts, including some in the French territory to the west of the Congo and Ubangi rivers. A map shows the company had posts along
143-454: The upper Ruki River at Bilakamba , Bombimba , Bussira Manene , Moniaca , Bocoté and Yolongo . It also had a post at Bomputu on the Lengué (Salonga) River, and posts at Balalondzy, Ivulu and Ivuku on the Momboyo River . The Compagnie du Congo pour le Commerce et l'Industrie (CCCI) was given the right to 150,000 hectares (120,000 acres) of land in return for its services in studying
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#1732941483398156-628: Was born in Ikengo around 1885, and found work laying bricks in what is now Mbandaka , where he was baptised as a Catholic on 6 May 1906. He moved to Busira, where his cousin was an employee of the Belgian Société anonyme belge pour le commerce du Haut-Congo (SAB), and became a servant of a SAB director named Ruijders. Ruijders took him to Itiki in the Buch-Bloc region in 1909, where the local SAB manager Van Canter felt strongly that Catholicism would destroy
169-601: Was exploited by the SAB. In 1904, in the last months before the concession was taken back by the state, the SAB harvested 50 tons of dry rubber, of which 6 were from Ikelemba, 34 from Busira and 10 from Salonga Lomela. Bussira Manene Busira , or Busira Manene , is a village in the Province of Équateur in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, in Busira Territory . Busira is on
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