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Nature & landscapes in Democratic Republic of the Congo

Democratic Republic of the Congo has 26 nature & landscapes on Detourmap — parks, mountains, waterfalls, caves, volcanoes and coves. The best known is Virunga National Park. All of them are below.

Nature
26
Oldest
Virunga National Park 1925
Little known
6 of 26
Most from
20th century

Questions about this page

How many nature & landscapes are there in Democratic Republic of the Congo?

26 on this map, out of 25,830 worldwide. That is what Wikidata records for Democratic Republic of the Congo with coordinates, a photograph and a Wikipedia article — the real number on the ground is larger, and for some countries much larger.

What is the best known of the nature & landscapes in Democratic Republic of the Congo?

Virunga National Park, 20th century. National park in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Which is the oldest?

Virunga National Park, dated to 1925. 5 of these 26 carry a founding date.

Where does this information come from?

Every place is drawn from Wikidata (CC0), with photographs from Wikimedia Commons and a link to its English Wikipedia article. Selection is deterministic: a place is here because Wikidata files it under one of the classes this atlas carries and it has coordinates, a photo and an article. Nothing is written or chosen by an AI, and the ranking is simply how many Wikipedia language editions cover a place.

Nature & landscapes elsewhere

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