List of rivers in Sierra Leone
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
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
- ^ Liberian Hydrological Services - Moa River Principal Basin Tables, Figures and Maps
- ^ Liberian Hydrological Services - Mano River Principal Basin Tables, Figures and Maps
- ^ 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.
- ↑ sub-Saharan Africa Hydrological Assessment West Africa Countries
- ↑ Country Profile on Climate Change, Agricultural Trade and Food Security in ECOWAS -Sierra Leone Report
- ^ Maps of the river systems in Sierra Leone
- ↑ Country Profile on Climate Change, Agricultural Trade and Food Security in ECOWAS -Sierra Leone Report