Rokel River
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 Freetown at the mouth of the river estuary | |
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| Location | |
| Country | Sierra Leone |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | |
| • location | Loma Mountains, Guinea Highlands, Sierra Leone, West Africa |
| • elevation | 900 m (3,000 ft) |
| Mouth | |
• location | Atlantic Ocean |
• elevation | 0 m (0 ft) |
| Length | 386 km (240 mi)[1] |
| Basin size | 10,622 km2 (4,101 sq mi)[1] |
| Discharge | |
| • location | Near mouth |
| • average | (Period: 1971–2000) 546.9 m3/s (19,310 cu ft/s)[1] |
| Basin features | |
| River system | Rokel River |
The Rokel River (also Seli River; previously Pamoronkoh River) is the largest river in the Republic of Sierra Leone in West Africa. The river basin measures 10,622 km2 (4,101 sq mi) in size, with the drainage divided by the Gbengbe and Kabala hills and the Sula Mountains. The estuary which extends over an area of 2,950 km2 (1,140 sq mi) became a Ramsar wetland site of importance in 1999.[2][3]
- ^ a b c "North Africa-West Coast".
- ^ "Sierra Leone Estuary: Proposed Ramsar Site" (PDF). Wetland Organization. Retrieved 3 July 2013.
- ^ "1014, Sierra Leone River Estuary" (PDF). Ramsar organization. 13 December 1999. Retrieved 7 July 2013.