Yawri Bay
| Bay Yawri Yawri Bay Yawri Bay |
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.jpg) Banana Islands (in the background) |
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| Waters | Atlantic Ocean | |
| Land mass | West Africa | |
| Geographical location | 8 ° 2 ′ N , 13 ° 5 ′ W | |
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| width | approx. 36 km | |
| depth | approx. 23 km | |
| Coastline | 70 km (without islands) | |
| Islands | Banana Islands | |
| Tributaries | Ribi , Bumpe , Kagboro Creek | |
The Bay of Yawri ( English Yawri Bay ) is a sea bay in the Atlantic Ocean off the central west coast of Sierra Leone . It borders the Western Area and Southern provinces . The bay is a marine reserve and covers an area of almost 196 square kilometers.
The north-western border of Yawri Bay is formed by the Banana Islands . The mainland coastline of about 70 kilometers is covered by 29,505 hectares of mud flats with mangroves , which corresponds to more than 16 percent of the total mangrove occurrence in the country.
The bay receives an inflow from the Ribi , Bumpe and Kagboro Creek rivers . There are at least 46 species of birds, with at least 20,000 waders (as of 1991). You are exposed to a severe threat. The largest mammal in Yawri Bay is the manatee .
literature
- PT Yillia: The Ichthyoplankton of the Yawri Bay of the Coast of Sierra Leone. 1996, University of Sierra Leone.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Yawri Bay in Sierra Leone. protected planet. Retrieved December 6, 2018.
- ↑ Measurement basis: Google Earth Pro. December 6, 2018.
- ^ Sierra Leone - State of the Marien Environment Report 2015. Government of the Republic of Sierra Leone, 2015.
- ↑ a b Yawri Bay. VSL Travel. Retrieved December 6, 2018.
- ^ Yawri Bay. BirdLife International, 2013.