Milo (Niger)

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Milo
The Milo (center below)

The Milo (center below)

Data
location Guinea-aGuinea Guinea
River system Niger
Drain over Niger  → Atlantic
muzzle in Niger coordinates: 11 ° 4 ′ 13 "  N , 9 ° 13 ′ 25"  W, 11 ° 4 ′ 13 "  N , 9 ° 13 ′ 25"  W

length 430 km
Catchment area 13,100 km²
Discharge at the Kankan gauge (1634500) A Eo : 9620 km² Location: 120 km above the mouth

MNQ
MQ
Mq
MHQ
14.4 m³ / s
177 m³ / s
18.4 l / (s km²)
599 m³ / s
Landing site on the upper reaches of the Milo (1908)

Landing site on the upper reaches of the Milo (1908)

The Milo is a 430 km long river in Guinea ( West Africa ).

course

It rises 50 km south of Kérounané in the Beyla plateau and flows north. From Kankan the Milo is navigable in the rainy season, 75 km south of Siguiri , at Sasando it flows into the Niger .

Hydrometry

Average monthly flow of the Milo measured at the hydrological station near Kankan in m³ / s.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Inger Andersen, Katherin George Golitzen: The Niger River Basin: A Vision for Sustainable Management . World Bank Publications, January 1, 2005, ISBN 9780821362044 , pp. 13, 33-34 (accessed March 1, 2019).

literature

Alpha Mamadou Bah: Geography, la République de Guinée . Domaine de l'éducation et de la culture, Ministère de l'enseignement supérieur et de tele-enseignement, Conakry 1974.