Part which waterways could, and should, play in Pan-African development of transcontinental highways; Africa's principal inland water systems fall into following groups: rivers of West African colonies, chain of Central African lakes, and trans-African route via Congo basin and Nile valley; first two groups dealt with; reference made to particular methods of increasing speed and capacity of African inland water transport; map showing waterways is presented.


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    Title :

    Navigable waterways of Africa


    Additional title:

    Dock Harbour Authority


    Contributors:

    Published in:

    Publication date :

    1949


    Size :

    2 pages


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English




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