Aberdeen Creek (Sierra Leone)
| Aberdeen Creek | ||
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 Aberdeen Creek with the Aberdeen Bridge |
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| Waters | Atlantic Ocean | |
| Land mass | West Africa | |
| Geographical location | 8 ° 29 ′ 9 ″ N , 13 ° 16 ′ 38 ″ W | |
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| width | approx. 1.5 km | |
| depth | approx. 3.5 km | |
The Aberdeen Creek , rarely also Aberdeen Bay , is a bay and lagoon in the Sierra Leone capital Freetown and borders the estuary area of the Sierra Leone River .
The Aberdeen Creek is one of the most important wetlands in the country and one of the few comparable wetlands in capital cities worldwide. He is strong of water pollution , urban expansion through land reclamation and deforestation of mangroves affected. As part of the Sierra Leone River, it forms an internationally recognized Ramsar area . The creek is an important refuge for numerous water bird species.
The creek is only connected to the Atlantic or the Sierra Leone River by an opening about 270 meters wide. The Aberdeen Bridge runs over this .
literature
- HI Fofannah: Distribution and Zonation of bottom communities at the Aberdeen Creek Mangrove Swamp , 1988, University of Sierra Leone, pp. 44ff.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Aberdeen Creek needs protection. The Patriotic Vanguard, September 3, 2016.
- ^ UNDP calls for protection of Aberdeen Creek and Sierra Leone's ocean. UNDP Sierra Leone, June 8, 2015.
- ^ Waterbirds in coastal wetlands of Sierra Leone, January - February 2005. Foundation Working Group International Waterbird and Wetland Research, WIWO Report 84, 2007, pp. 55f.