Congo-Kinshasa: Congo's Blackwater Ruki River Is a Major Transporter of Forest Carbon - New Study

[The Conversation Africa] The Congo Basin of central Africa is well known for its network of rivers that drain a variety of landscapes, from dense tropical forests to more arid and wooded savannas. Among the Congo River's large tributaries, the Ruki is unique in its extremely dark colour, which renders the water opaque below a few centimetres' depth.