Sewa (river)
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Sewa Great Bum |
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 Sierra Leone
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| source | Confluence of Bagbe and Bafi 8 ° 41 '56 " N , 11 ° 15' 16" W |
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| muzzle |
Kittam coordinates: 7 ° 18 ′ 33 " N , 12 ° 8 ′ 16" W 7 ° 18 ′ 33 " N , 12 ° 8 ′ 16" W. |
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| Mouth height |
1 m Google Earth Pro
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| length | 240 km | |
| Catchment area | 14,141 km² | |
| Outflow at the Jaima Sawafe gauge |
MNQ 1950-2015 |
220 m³ / s |
| Left tributaries | Makon | |
| Right tributaries | Falima , Tigpoye , Bebeye , Tibo , Tabe | |
| Navigable | in a few areas | |
The Sewa is a river in Sierra Leone . It is formed at Bagbema from the merger of the Bagbe and Bafi rivers in the Eastern Province . Over a length of 209 to 240 kilometers, it flows southwest and forms with the Waanje finally the Kittam , the other 48 kilometers in Sherbro - estuary of the Atlantic flows.
Its catchment area is given as 14,141 km² and 19,022 km².
The Sewa is only partially navigable due to the numerous rapids .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Sierra Leone. Encyclopædia Britannica 1911. Retrieved March 26, 2020.
- ↑ a b Sewa River, Sierra Leone. Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved March 26, 2020.
- ↑ ECOWAS Center for Renewable Energy and Efficiency - GIS Hydropower Resource Mapping and Climate Change Scenarios for the ECOWAS Region, Country Report for Sierra Leone
- ^ The Statistical Digest 2007-2013 Edition. Statistics Sierra Leone, October 2014, p. 2.
- ↑ Map 1 Sierra Leone's river basins. Salone Water Security. Retrieved March 5, 2018.