List of rivers in Sierra Leone

Map of the largest rivers in Sierra Leone

Rokel

This is a list of the rivers in Sierra Leone , i.e. all rivers in Sierra Leone in West Africa that have their source, flow through the country or flow through it.

Most of the rain-rich country drains in a relatively straight line from northeast to southwest into the Atlantic . Most of the rivers in Sierra Leone are small to medium-sized coastal rivers or their tributaries. There are seven larger rivers, six of which have their headwaters in, or on the border, with Guinea . The Mano and the Moa arise on or on the edge of the plateau of Beyla , the Little Scarcies (Kava; Kaba) and the Great Scarcies (Kolenté) respectively on the edge of the Fouta Djallon . The Great Scarcies, Moa, Mano and their tributaries form parts of the southern and northern border. The northeastern border corresponds to the catchment area border to the Niger River , where the two rivers Rokel (Seli) and Sewa have their source areas. The exception is the Taia (Jong; Taye), which has its springs in the middle of the country.

A special feature of the region, as in neighboring countries, is that the rivers often flow into estuaries such as the Sherbro or the Sierra Leone River .

Overview

Lengths and areas are only within Sierra Leone. Basic sorting from north to south; Tributaries from the source to the mouth.

flow	Length (in km)	Catchment area (in km²)	Tributary	Estuarine waters	annotation
Great Scarcies (Kolenté)	129	3115-2260	Kolimi (Kilimi) Kuluma	Atlantic Ocean	Border river to Guinea
Kolimi (Kilimi)			Kole	Great scarcies
Kole				Kolimi
Kuluma				Great scarcies
Little Scarcies (Kava; Kaba)	161	13,383-12,600	Lola Mongo Mabole	Atlantic Ocean	In Guinea Kaba
Lola				Little Scarcies
Mongo	105			Little Scarcies
Mabole	161			Little Scarcies
Sierra Leone River	± 40	10,620-10,200	Rokel Bankasoka	Atlantic Ocean	Ramsar area estuary
Rokel (Seli)	290	8236	Mawotoko Tonkolili	Sierra Leone River	Longest river
Mawotoko				Rokel
Tonkolili				Rokel
Bankasoka (Port Loko Creek)		1565		Sierra Leone River
Ribi (Ribbi)	56			Yawri Bay (Atlantic Ocean)
Bump				Yawri Bay (Atlantic Ocean)
Kagboro Creek				Yawri Bay (Atlantic Ocean)
Kukuli	43			Yawri Bay (Atlantic Ocean)
Sherbro		612	Bagru Taia Bendei Creek Kittam	Atlantic Ocean	Estuary
Bagru (Gbangbaia)	89	3121-2920		Sherbro
Taia (Jong; Taye)		9000-8288	Pampana	Sherbro
Pampana	153		Mawuru	Taia
Mawuru				Pampana
Bendei Creek	154			Sherbro
Kittam			Waanje Sewa	Sherbro	Arm of the Sherbro Estuary
Sewa	209-240	19,022-13,600	Bafi Bagbe Falima Tabe	Kittam	Confluence with the Waanje and formation of the Kittam
Bafin	56			Bagbe
Sumunji				Bafi
Njei				Bafi
Bagbe	137		Bafin	Sewa	Confluence with the Bafi and formation of the Sewa
Bafi			Njei Sumunji	Sewa	Confluence with the Bagbe and formation of the Sewa
Falima				Sewa
Tab	80			Sewa
Waanje (cheek)	177	4510-2900	Paint Masau	Kittam	Confluence with the Sewa and formation of the Kittam
To paint				Waanje
Masau				Waanje
Moa (Makona)	266	10,700-9220	Meli Mauwa Male	Atlantic Ocean	Border river to Guinea
Meli	80			Moa	Border river to Guinea
Mauwa (Magowi)				Moa	Border river to Liberia
times			Woa	Moa
Woa				times
Mano (Zeliba)	105	2530-1959	Morro Mahoi	Atlantic Ocean	Border river to Liberia
Morro				Mano	Border river to Liberia
Mahoi	110	848		Mano
Yele

Swell:

See also

• List of lakes in Sierra Leone

Web links

• Maps of the river systems in Sierra Leone (English)
• United Nations Department for Peacekeeping Operations Cartographic Section, 2004 - Map of the rivers (English)
• Sierra Leone River Map. Maps of World (English)

Individual evidence

1. ^ Liberian Hydrological Services - Moa River Principal Basin Tables, Figures and Maps
2. ^ Liberian Hydrological Services - Mano River Principal Basin Tables, Figures and Maps
3. ^ The Statistical Digest 2007-2013 Edition. Statistics Sierra Leone, October 2014, p. 2. ( Memento of the original dated February 2, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
4. ↑ sub-Saharan Africa Hydrological Assessment West Africa Countries
5. ↑ Country Profile on Climate Change, Agricultural Trade and Food Security in ECOWAS -Sierra Leone Report
6. ^ Maps of the river systems in Sierra Leone
7. ↑ Country Profile on Climate Change, Agricultural Trade and Food Security in ECOWAS -Sierra Leone Report

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