Second-longest on the continent, it's the only African river that carries more water than the Nile
It 
was only in the early years of the 18th century that the river was first called the... [DOC] [TLE] Rivers, Major World - dam, river, sea, effects, important, largest, salt ... [PAR] Potential negative effects of the dam include the resettlement of more than one 
million ... As Africa is the world's most arid continent, its rivers are of great 
importance.