Ogowe
or OGOWAY, a river of West Africa, rising on the W. side of the watershed that parts its basin from that of the Kongo, in lat. 2° 40′ S., lon. 14° 30′ E., flows W. N. W., and finally curves round by the S. so as to pour its waters into Nazareth Bay, on the N. side of Cape Lopez. It forms a wide delta of about 70 square miles in extent. In the dry season (July to September) it shrinks to a narrow current; at other times it is a deep, broad stream, islands and sandbanks and shallows prevent vessels of any size from ascending. It has been dominated by France, through her colony on the GABOON (q. v.), since 1885.