Sierra Leone River
| Sierra Leone River | ||
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| location |
 Sierra Leone ( Western , Northern )
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| River system | Rokel | |
| Drain over | Sierra Leone River → Atlantic Ocean | |
| source | Confluence Bankasoka and Rokel 8 ° 34 '34 " N , 12 ° 57' 29" W |
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| muzzle | at Freetown and Lungi coordinates: 8 ° 34 ′ 7 ″ N , 13 ° 15 ′ 40 ″ W 8 ° 34 ′ 7 ″ N , 13 ° 15 ′ 40 ″ W. |
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0 m
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| length | 40 km | |
| Catchment area | 2950 km² | |
| Left tributaries | Rokel | |
| Right tributaries | Bankasoka | |
| Big cities | Freetown | |
| Small towns | Lungi , Pepel | |
| Ports | Freetown , Pepel | |
| Navigable | 40 km | |
The Sierra Leone River is a river or estuary in Sierra Leone .
It forms from the confluence of the Rokel and Bankasoka (Port Loko Creek) about 40 kilometers upstream of its confluence with the Atlantic at Freetown . The 2950 square kilometer area has been under the protection of the Ramsar Convention since 1999 .
The Sierra Leone River is between six and 16 kilometers wide and about 40 kilometers long. The port of Freetown is located at its confluence with the Atlantic , and the port of Pepel is a few kilometers inland .
The construction of a bridge ( Lungi Bridge ) between Freetown in the south and Lungi in the north has been planned since September 2018. This should make the planned new construction of the Mamamah International Airport obsolete.
literature
- Mangroves of Western and Central Africa. United Nations Environment Program, 2007, page 41 f.
Web links
- The Annotated Ramsar List: Sierra Leone (English)