Mono (river)
| Mono | ||
 Togo with the Oti in the north and the Mono in the south |
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| Data | ||
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 Benin Togo
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| River system | Mono (river) | |
| muzzle |
Bay of Benin ( Atlantic Ocean ) Coordinates: 6 ° 13 ′ 49 " N , 1 ° 36 ′ 23" E 6 ° 13 ′ 49 " N , 1 ° 36 ′ 23" E
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| length | 467 km | |
| Catchment area | 25,000 km² | |
| Discharge at the Athieme gauge (1732100) A Eo : 21,575 km² Location: 111 km above the mouth |
MNQ 1944–1992 MQ 1944–1992 Mq 1944–1992 MHQ 1944–1992 HHQ (max. Month Ø) |
0 l / s 54 m³ / s 2.5 l / (s km²) 260 m³ / s 560 m³ / s |
| Left tributaries | Ogou | |
| Right tributaries | Amou , Anié | |
| Reservoirs flowed through | Nangbeto Dam | |
| Navigable | 50 km | |
.jpg) The mono just before the mouth |
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The Mono (formerly also Monu ) is a river in Togo.
course
At 467 km it is the longest river in Togo , but only about 50 km are navigable. It rises in Benin near the Togolese border and flows south from there. Towards the end of its course, the Mono forms the border between Togo and Benin and flows into the Bay of Benin and thus into the Atlantic Ocean .
Reservoirs
About 160 km north of its mouth, the Mono is dammed by the Nangbeto Dam .
Hydrometry
Average monthly flow of the Sankarani measured at the hydrological station at Athiémé in m³ / s.
supporting documents
- ↑ a b c Balázs M. Fekete, Charles J. Vörösmarty and Wolfgang Grabs: Mono Basin. Station: Athieme ( English ) In: UNH / GRDC Composite Runoff Fields . University of New Hampshire. Retrieved October 25, 2010.
- ↑ Julius von Zech on Neuhofen: Monufluß, in: Heinrich Schnee (Hrsg.): German Colonial Lexicon . Vol. II, Leipzig 1920, p. 589.