M'Poko (river)
| M'Poko | ||
 Catchment area of the Ubangi with the M'Poko center left |
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| Data | ||
| location |
 Central African Republic
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| River system | Congo | |
| Drain over | Ubangi → Congo → Atlantic | |
| origin | in the southwest of Ouham Prefecture 5 ° 55 ′ 45 ″ N , 17 ° 20 ′ 0 ″ E |
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| Source height | 692 m | |
| muzzle | in Bangui in the Ubangi coordinates: 4 ° 19 ′ 27 " N , 18 ° 32 ′ 32" E 4 ° 19 ′ 27 " N , 18 ° 32 ′ 32" E |
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| Mouth height | 343 m | |
| Height difference | 349 m | |
| Bottom slope | 1.4 ‰ | |
| length | 250 km | |
| Catchment area | 27,081 km² | |
| Discharge at the Bossele-Bali gauge (1749080) A Eo : 10,800 km² |
NNQ (min. Month Ø) MNQ 1957–1994 MQ 1957–1994 Mq 1957–1994 MHQ 1957–1994 HHQ (max. Month Ø) |
1 m³ / s 36 m³ / s 90 m³ / s 8.3 l / (s km²) 203 m³ / s 398 m³ / s |
| Right tributaries | M'Bali | |
| Big cities | Bangui | |
| Navigable | Yes | |
The M'Poko is a river in the Central African Republic .
geography
It has its source in the southwest of Ouham Prefecture . After flowing about 20 km in an easterly direction, it changes course and flows in a south - southeast direction over the prefectural border towards the state capital Bangui. About 60 km before its mouth, it then takes on its most important tributary, the Mbali, and then joins the Ubangi in the south of Bangui. He gives the prefecture of Ombella-Mpoko its name.
Hydrometry
The flow rate of the river was measured over 37 years (1957–94) in Bossele-Bali, at about half the catchment area. The mean annual flow rate observed in Bossele-Bali was 90 m³ / s during this period.
transport
The M'Poko is next to the Sangha and the Ubangi one of the 3 rivers that form the 2800 km long waterways of the Central African Republic. They are mainly used for the transport of logs, cotton and the exchange of food with neighboring countries.
Individual evidence
- ^ Hydrological Uncertainty Analysis and Scenario-Based Streamflow Modeling for the Congo River Basin. (PDF) (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on March 22, 2014 ; accessed on March 22, 2014 . 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.
- ↑ a b GRDC - The M'Poko in Bossele-Bali (PDF).
- ↑ Investment Conference in Construction & Civil Engineering Central & West Africa - Central African Republic (PDF).
