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Fwa River French: Rivière Fwa
Kayaking on Lake Fwa on the Fwa River
Where the Fwa River flows into the Lubi River
Physical characteristics
Mouth	Lubi River
• location	Kasaï-Oriental and Kasaï-Central
• coordinates	5°42′40″S 23°25′03″E / 5.71108°S 23.41759°E / -5.71108; 23.41759

The Fwa ( French: Rivière Fwa) is a river in the Democratic Republic of the Congo in central Africa, flowing through Kasai-Oriental province. The river is a tributary of the Lubi River, which is a tributary to the Sankuru River, in the southeastern Congo River drainage basin.

Fauna

The river is particularly notable for its diverse community of fish. This community includes five endemic cichlid species: Cyclopharynx fwae, C. schwetzi, Schwetzochromis neodon, Thoracochromis brauschi and T. callichromus.

References

• FishBase (2006) Eds. Froese, R. and D. Pauly. World Wide Web electronic publication. fishbase.org version (07/2006).