Semliki River
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| Country | DR Congo (DRC) Uganda |
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| Source | Lake Edward |
| - location | Ishango, DRC, North Kivu Province |
| - elevation | 2,997 m (9,833 ft) |
| - coordinates | 00°08′25″S 29°36′04″E / 0.14028°S 29.60111°E |
| Mouth | Lake Albert |
| - location | southeast of Bunia, DRC, Orientale Province |
| - elevation | 2,025 m (6,644 ft) |
| - coordinates | 01°15′45″N 30°27′46″E / 1.26250°N 30.46278°ECoordinates: 01°15′45″N 30°27′46″E / 1.26250°N 30.46278°E |
| Length | 140 km (87 mi) |
Semliki River (sometimes Semuliki) is a major river, 140 kilometres (87 mi) long, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Uganda in Central and East Africa. It flows north from Lake Edward to Lake Albert in the Albertine Rift west of the Rwenzori Mountains. Along its lower reaches, it forms part of the international border between the DRC and the western Ugandan district of Bundibugyo, near the Semuliki National Park. It empties into Lake Albert slightly west of the border in Orientale Province of the DRC.
Increasing snowmelt from the Rwenzoris, overgrazing, and other alterations to the watershed have caused bank erosion and frequent changes to the course of the meandering lower reaches of the river. In some places, Uganda is losing up to 10 metres (33 ft) of land per year on its side of the river to erosion, and silt from the Semliki is gradually filling in the southern end of Lake Albert. In other places, it is the DRC that is losing territory as the changing river course alters the apparent location of the border.
The Semliki begins near Ishango, DRC, at the northern end of Lake Edward and soon enters Virunga National Park, through which it flows over much of its upper course. The A-109 road between Mpondwe, Uganda, and Beni, DRC, is on the , sometimes nearby and sometimes at a distance, as the river meanders through the park. Slightly southeast of Beni, the river passes under the A-109 road and continues north. At this point, the stream is west of Mount Baker (Kiyanja) in Rwenzori Mountains National Park in Uganda.
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