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CLIMATE

• The Democratic Republic of the Congo lies on the

equator, with one-third of the country to the north and

two-thirds to the south. The climate is hot and humid in

the river basin and cool and dry in the southern highlands,
with a cold, alpine climate in the Rwenzori Mountains.

• Gradually, clouds build up and bring rainfallto the

regions. In the DRC, it rains almost every evening. This

rainfall is called as 4 O’ clock rainfall. In equatorial

regions 4 o clock rainfall occurs . It is also known as

convectional rainfall. During the day the vertical rays

of the sun intensely heat up the land and water as a

result watervapour is produced which cools up when

comes in upper atmosphere.