Densu River | |
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The estuary of Densu River Densu River Meander Densuano Dam | |
Location | |
Country | Ghana |
Physical characteristics | |
Mouth | Atlantic Ocean |
• coordinates | 5°31′0″N 0°19′0″W / 5.51667°N 0.31667°W |
Length | 116 km (72 mi) |
Basin size | 2,490 km2 (960 sq mi) |
Discharge | |
• location | Mouth |
Designations | |
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Official name | Densu Delta Ramsar Site |
Designated | 14 August 1992 |
Reference no. | 564[1] |
The Densu River is a 116 km long river in Ghana rising in the Atewa Range.[2] It flows through an economically important agricultural region, supplies half the drinking water to Ghana's capital city of Accra, and ends in an ecologically significant wetlands[3] at the edge of the Atlantic Ocean.[4] The Densuano[5] Dam and Weija Dam[6] are situated on the Densu River.