Leonard C. Beadle (1981). The inland waters of tropical Africa: an introduction to tropical limnology. Longman. p. 475. ISBN978-0-582-46341-7. Consultado o 2 de abril de 2011.
"It is hypothesized that in the late Pliocene or early Pleistocene, a coastal Lower Guinean river captured Malebo Pool, connecting the previously interior Congo Basin to the ocean." Thieme et al., Freshwater Ecoregions of Africa and Madagascar: A Conservation Assessment
Ecoregions Assessments, Island Press, 2005, p. 297.
O Aruuwimi ten unha lonxitude de só 380 km, pero coa súa fonte, o río Ituri, de 750 km, chega aos 1030 km. The Inland Waters of Africa, de Robin L. Welcomme. Publicación da FAO, CIFA Tech. Pap., de 1972, 117 p. Dispoñible en liña en: FAO. Consultado o 2 de xullo de 2010.
Leonard C. Beadle (1981). The inland waters of tropical Africa: an introduction to tropical limnology. Longman. p. 475. ISBN978-0-582-46341-7. Consultado o 2 de abril de 2011.
"It is hypothesized that in the late Pliocene or early Pleistocene, a coastal Lower Guinean river captured Malebo Pool, connecting the previously interior Congo Basin to the ocean." Thieme et al., Freshwater Ecoregions of Africa and Madagascar: A Conservation Assessment
Ecoregions Assessments, Island Press, 2005, p. 297.