Muni (river)
| Muni | ||
 The Muni estuary |
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| location |
 Gabon Equatorial Guinea
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| River system | Muni | |
| origin | in the south of Equatorial Guinea | |
| muzzle | to Bonny Bay Coordinates: 1 ° 1 ′ 0 ″ N , 9 ° 35 ′ 0 ″ E 1 ° 1 ′ 0 ″ N , 9 ° 35 ′ 0 ″ E |
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| Mouth height |
0 m
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| Left tributaries | Noya (Noyo). | |
| Right tributaries | Mitong, Temboni , Mandyani, Mven, Congue | |
| Small towns | Cogo , Cocobeach | |
The Muni is a river on the west coast of Equatorial Africa. It forms part of the border between Equatorial Guinea and Gabon .
location
The river is only a few kilometers long. Despite the enormous appearance at the mouth, it is an estuary of several smaller rivers comparable to the Wouri estuary . From Equatorial Guinea flow into it: Mitong, Temboni (Mitemle, Mitimele, Utamboni, Metemboni, Ntambounay), Mandyani, Mven and Congue; from Gabon: Noya (Noyo). The Muni flows into the Bay of Corisco , which is part of the Bay of Bonny.
Protected areas
Practically the entire Muni estuary was placed under the Ramsar Convention as a protected area under the number 1311. The 800 km² area is home to elephants and monkeys as well as the rare African manatee .
Discovery story
The Africa explorer Paul Belloni Du Chaillu was the first to leave records of the region when he explored the Muni and the Temboni lower reaches on his first trip.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Entry in the German colonial dictionary
- ↑ Rasar.org
- ^ A directory of African wetlands By RH Hughes, JS Hughes, p. 499-501 (on Google Books: [1] )
- ↑ Barbus sensitivus, a new species with extensive pitlines from the Sanaga River (Teleostei: Cyprinidae)