Sirba (river)
| Sirba | ||
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| Data | ||
| location |
 Burkina Faso Niger
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| River system | Niger | |
| Drain over | Niger → Atlantic | |
| source | in Burkina Faso | |
| muzzle | at Sorbon Haoussa in Niger Coordinates: 13 ° 46 ′ 23 " N , 1 ° 39 ′ 40" E 13 ° 46 ′ 23 " N , 1 ° 39 ′ 40" E |
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| Mouth height |
190 m
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| length | approx. 350 km | |
| Discharge at the Garbe A Eo gauge : 38,750 km² |
MNQ 1956-1967 MQ 1956-1967 Mq 1956-1967 MHQ 1956-1967 |
0 l / s 27.2 m³ / s 0.7 l / (s km²) 157 m³ / s |
| Left tributaries | Faga | |
The Sirba is a tributary of the Niger in the states of Burkina Faso and Niger .
geography
The Sirba rises in Burkina Faso and flows into the Niger in neighboring Niger , opposite the village of Sorbon Haoussa and about 50 kilometers upstream from the capital Niamey . It is around 350 kilometers long, around 100 kilometers of which flow through Niger, and only carries water at times. It forms the border between the two states over a length of a good 25 km. In Niger, the border between the Téra department and the Kollo and Torodi departments to the south runs along the Sirba . Its catchment area is 38,750 km². The mean discharge is 697 million m³ / year.
Hydrometry
Average monthly flow of the Sirba measured at the hydrological station near Garbe in m³ / s.
economy
Gold has been mined in the Sirba river valley in Niger since the 1980s.
literature
- K. Sittichok, A. Gado Djibo, O. Seidou, H. Moussa Saley, H. Karambiri, J. Paturel: Statistical seasonal rainfall and streamflow forecasting for the Sirba watershed, West Africa, using sea-surface temperatures . In: Hydrological Sciences Journal . Vol. 61, No. 5 , 2016, p. 805-815 , doi : 10.1080 / 02626667.2014.944526 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Monograph Hydrologique du Bassin du Niger - 1ère Partie le Niger Superieur et le Bani
- ↑ Schéma Directeur de Mise en Valeur et de Gestion des Ressources en Eau. Le Référentiel du secteur de l'eau et de l'assainissement au Niger. ( MS Word ) (No longer available online.) Ministère de l'Hydraulique et de l'Environnement, June 1999, formerly in the original ; Retrieved June 8, 2014 (French). ( Page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Dominique Auzias, Jean-Paul Labourdette: Niger . Petit Futé, Paris 2009, ISBN 978-2-7469-1640-1 , pp. 43 .
