Équateur Province
Équateur is the rainforest heart of the Democratic Republic of the Congo — a province of dense lowland forest, flooded rivers, and the port of Mbandaka where the equator crosses the Congo River.
- Capital: Mbandaka on the Congo River
- Cuvette Centrale rainforest — largest tropical peatland on Earth
- Access to Salonga National Park and bonobo territory
- Traditional fisheries, pirogue routes and equator crossings