Kouilou-Niari River - List of Waterfalls

List of Waterfalls

• Zrinski chutes: Honors Nikola Zrinski and Petar Zrinski, Croatian nobles; "discovered" and named in 1882 by a Croatian member (Dragutin Lerman) of Henry Morton Stanley's exploration team. Local names, and local knowledge in general, are unfortunately ignored in such naming.

• Sounda gorges.

The gorges are remarcable with a small waterdrop of 2 meters and mountain around 120 meters high. An old iron bridge is still uusable in 2012 to cross the river in Sounda. A road comes from the village of Mandzi south of Sounda while the road continues on north west toward Kakamoéka, sous-prefectuure. An abandonned track on the southern bank of the river reaches Kakamoéka which was created during the exploration for the train. The missionm Jacob was conducted in 1896. The track wad reopened in 1954 for the evaluation of the hydro potential of the Sounda dam.

In Sounda, a large Hydro electrical project has been evaluated since the mid 50's when France was looking at developping the region. 10 years of research have led to a tunnel built in the mountain, a bridge and a camp established on site.

In May 2011, a protocole d'accord has been signed with a south African Company IDF and the republic of Congo for the developpment of the Sounda dam project. IDG has teamed up with a strategic partner African Power Corporation APC The 2 companies have joined forces to lead the developpement of the project. Coming together with the potential users and financial institution to put the project on track for success. Such a project is expected to help devellop the Country's huge mineral potential. In October 2012, APC increased their presence in the Country and name a country representative. Nicolas Rouzé has a great experience in the congo as he has been in country since 1998. He is managing the efforts in Country to drive the project on the local scale.