Cuvo River
River in Angola
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The Cuvo is a river in central Angola. The river mouth is at the Atlantic Ocean at Benguela Bay,[2] in Cuanza Sul Province. Cuvo is its name in its upper reaches; its lower course is called the Keve or Queve.[3] The river is navigable upstream to Binga Falls near Gabela.
| Cuvo | |
|---|---|
Binda Falls | |
  Location in Angola | |
| Location | |
| Country | Angola |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Mouth | Atlantic Ocean |
• coordinates | 10°51′44″S 13°47′50″E |
| Length | 505 km (314 mi) |
| Basin size | 22,908.3 km2 (8,844.9 mi2)[1] |
| Discharge | |
| • location | Near mouth |
| • average | (Period: 1971–2000)369.1 m3/s (13,030 cu ft/s)[1] |
Its main tributaries include the Cussoi River.
The river may be the southern extent of the range of the African manatee.[4] The river wetland floodplain and Kumbira Forest is part of an Important Bird Area with several rare species.[5]