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The 'Blue Mountains' are a mountain range located in the northeastern Ituri Province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. To the east the range overlooks Lake Albert, at the confluence of the Victoria Nile and Albert Nile, which form part of the border with Uganda.^[1] The western slopes of the Blue Mountains give rise to the Ituri River, a tributary of the Congo River.^[2]

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Notes and references

1. "Ugandan troops on high alert at Congo border", ''Reuters'', 14 March 2006 (hosted by reliefweb.int)
2. "Rivers description of the DRC (2005-06)" by the United Nations Joint Logistics Center, 19 October 2005

Further reading

★ ''The Blue Mountains, Zaire: population and economy of an equatorial African mountain region'' by B. Wiese, Kolner Geographische Arbeiten, Sonderfolge: Beitrage zur Landerkunde Afrikas. Steiner, Wiesbaden, Germany, Fed. Rep., 1979. (8)xviii, 273 p.