KATANGA...

On the tray of the Kundelungus, descending a cliff of 340 m, the highest fall of Africa (the Lofoï)It is the High mining and industrial Katanga. The yearly middle temperature establishes itself of it around 20°C: it is Nice or Miami! But in June - July, in full cold season (the dried season that, in Elisabetville, spread on seven months, of April to October), the nocturnal white frosts are not rare.
Many rivers dug deep furrows there and formed, while descending toward the plain of the Lualaba and the central Pan, of the picturesque and sometimes imposing falls, like the fall of the Lofoï that, with a jump of 340 m, can claim the title of the highest fall of Africa.
A detail deserves to be noted: the basin of the high Lualaba communicated to the origin non point with Congo, but with the Nile. To one indeterminate time, this network was captured by Congo, the place of the capture is again distinctly visible, it is marked by rapids of the hell" "Doors close to Kongolo.

Extrait du "Marabout Scope" - Katanga pays du cuivre - Fernand Lekime