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Cuvo River
The
Cuvo
is a
river
in
central
Angola
.
The river
mouth
is at
the Atlantic
Ocean at
Benguela Bay
, in
Cuanza Sul Province
. Cuvo is its name in its
upper
reaches
; its
lower course
is called the
Keve
or
Queve
. The river is
navigable
upstream
to
Binga Falls
near
Gabela
.
Its main
tributaries
include the
Cussoi River
.
The river may be the
southern
extant
of the
range
of the
African manatee
. The river
wetland
floodplain
and
Kumbira Forest
is part of an
Important Bird Area
with several
rare species
.
The
river mouth
has a
mangrove
stand.