Tinkisso

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Tinkisso
The Tinkisso (top center)

The Tinkisso (top center)

Data
location Guinea-aGuinea Guinea
River system Niger
Drain over Niger  → Atlantic
source In the mountains of Fouta Djallon
muzzle at Siguiri in Niger Coordinates: 11 ° 21 ′ 16 "  N , 9 ° 9 ′ 49"  W 11 ° 21 ′ 16 "  N , 9 ° 9 ′ 49"  W
Mouth height 341  m

length 570 km
Catchment area 19,430 km²
Discharge at the Ouaran gauge (1634600)
A Eo : 18,700 km²
Location: 30 km above the mouth
NNQ (min. Month Ø)
MNQ 1954–1978
MQ 1954–1978
Mq 1954–1978
MHQ 1954–1978
HHQ (max. Month Ø)
1 m³ / s
11 m³ / s
181 m³ / s
9.7 l / (s km²)
623 m³ / s
1150 m³ / s
Left tributaries Bouka
The Tinkisso Falls (around 1905)

The Tinkisso Falls (around 1905)

The Tinkisso is a 570 km long river in Guinea ( West Africa ).

course

The river has its source in Fouta Djallon . It flows first to the northeast. After a good 200 km it swings to the east, where it picks up the bouka. The Tinkisso flows into the Niger at the heights of Siguiri .

The strongly meandering Tinkisso has an annual discharge of 181 m³ / s and drains a basin of 19,430 km².

Hydrometry

Average monthly flow of the Tinkisso measured at the hydrological station near Ouaran in m³ / s.

literature

Alpha Mamadou Bah: Geography, la République de Guinée . Domaine de l'éducation et de la culture, Ministère de l'enseignement supérieur et de tele-enseignement, Conakry 1974.

Individual evidence

  1. Le fleuve Niger - de la foret tropicale guineenne au desert saharia. Les grands traits des regimes hydrologiques
  2. a b GRDC - Yagaba level