| Inga Falls | |
| Coordinates: | -5.4488°N 13.5884°W |
| Location: | Matadi Democratic Republic of the Congo |
| Type: | Segmented Rapids |
| Height: | 96m (315feet) [1] |
| Height Longest: | 21m (69feet) |
| Average Width: | 914m (2,999feet) |
| Average Flow: | 25768m3/s |
| Watercourse: | Congo River |
Inga Falls is a rapid 40 km from Matadi in the Democratic Republic of the Congo where the Congo River drops 96 m (315 ft) over the course of 15 km (9 mi).[2] The falls are part of a larger group of rapids in the lower Congo River. Livingstone Falls are located upstream closer to the Pool Malebo. These falls have formed in a sharp bend of Congo River where the width of river fluctuates from more than 4 km to only 260 m.[3]
With a median discharge of 42,476 m³/s (1,500,000 ft³/s), the falls could be considered the largest in the world,[4] but it is not widely considered to be a true waterfall. Its maximum recorded volume is 70,793 m³/s (2,500,000 ft³/s). Inga falls is also the site of two large hydroelectric dams, named Inga I and Inga II, as well as two projected dams, Inga III and the Grand Inga Dam, the latter of which would be the largest (by power production) in the world.[5]