Cestos River

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Cestos
Noun
The Cestos in red

The Cestos in red

Data
location LiberiaLiberia Liberia Ivory Coast
Ivory CoastIvory Coast 
River system Cestos
source Near the triangle of Liberia, Guinea and Ivory Coast, on Mount Mont Nimba
7 ° 35 ′ 31 ″  N , 8 ° 25 ′ 1 ″  W
Source height 890  m
muzzle At Cestos City in the Atlantic Ocean Coordinates: 5 ° 26 '46 "  N , 9 ° 35' 2"  W 5 ° 26 '46 "  N , 9 ° 35' 2"  W.
Mouth height m
Height difference 890 m
Bottom slope 1.9 ‰
length 476 km
Catchment area 12,709 km²
Discharge at the Iti gauge (08CE001) =
A Eo : 11,585 km²
Location: 138 km above the mouth
NNQ (03/08/2016)
MNQ 2015–2019
MQ 2015–2019
Mq 2015–2019
MHQ 2015–2019
HHQ (09/30/2016)
7 m³ / s
35 m³ / s
313 m³ / s
27 l / (s km²)
880 m³ / s
1704 m³ / s
Left tributaries Boan, Vi
Right tributaries Kawadi (Kavadi) Creek, Zina Creek, Gan, Gboye Creek, Gwen Creek , Wane, Thu
Residents in the catchment area 711.346

The Cestos (especially Noun in the upper reaches ) is a river in Liberia and a border river to the Ivory Coast .

course

The river has its source in Ivory Coast at the triangle with Liberia and Guinea, south of the Mont Nimba mountain . It flows in a south-westerly direction and forms the border between Ivory Coast and Liberia for almost half of its route. It flows into the Atlantic at Cestos City .

Hydrometry

Average monthly flow through the Cestos measured at the hydrological station at Iti in m³ / s.

Individual evidence

  1. a b c Liberian Hydrological Services - Cestos Principal Basin Tables, Figures and Maps
  2. a b Flow rates on Liberian Hydrological Services
  3. ^ United Nations Environment Program (UNEP), January 20 - Transboundary River Basins Status and Trends