Bankasoka

Bankasoka Port Loko Creek
Port Loko Creek
Data
location	Sierra Leone ( North West )
River system	Sierra Leone River
Drain over	Sierra Leone River  → Atlantic Ocean
source	in Buya Romende Chiefdom 8 ° 45 ′ 29 ″  N , 12 ° 32 ′ 7 ″  W
muzzle	in the Sierra Leone River coordinates: 8 ° 35 ′ 15 "  N , 12 ° 57 ′ 29"  W 8 ° 35 ′ 15 "  N , 12 ° 57 ′ 29"  W
Mouth height	0  m
Catchment area	1565 km²
Right tributaries	Rokel
Big cities	Port Loko
Small towns	Port Loko

The Bankasoka (also Port Loko Creek ) is a river in Sierra Leone .

course

The Bankasoka is a coastal river which, together with the Rokel , forms the Sierra Leone River estuary about 40 kilometers from the Atlantic Ocean , the northern part of which is also known here as Tumbu Lake ( English Tumbu Lake ). The river is also known as Port Loko Creek because the city ​​of the same name is located on the river.

There are three small hydropower plants on the river not far from Port Loko .

literature

• Mangroves of Western and Central Africa. United Nations Environment Program, 2007, page 41 f.

Web links

• Salone Water Security (English)

Individual evidence

1. ^ Maps of the river systems in Sierra Leone
2. ↑ West Africa Topographical Maps , Series N504, 1: 250,000, US Army Map Service, 1955.
3. ↑ Bankasoka Hydro Dam. Africa Power Platform. Retrieved June 13, 2019.