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at 407 kilometres (253 mi) from the mouth. Further up, "G" mailboats can push two barges up to Ikali at 545 kilometres (339 mi) from the mouth. During low water periods the river may be navigable only as far as Isaka at 460 kilometres (290 mi) from its mouth, or only as far as
Monkoto.
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The villages located along the river supply
Mbandaka with various food products, the most important being cassava chips, corn and palm oil. The river waters are polluted by discharge from public markets along the riverside. This results in water-borne diseases such as diarrhea in the surrounding
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to form the Ruki River, which flows for 100 miles (160 km) in a west-northwest direction to join the Congo River. There are 25,000 hectares (62,000 acres) of swamps on the
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