Corubal River

The Corubal, also known as the Rio Corubal or Tomine, is a river of West Africa, a major tributary of the Geba River. For a short distance, it forms the international border between Guinea and Guinea-Bissau. It has a length of approximately 560 kilometres (350 mi).

Corubal
Map of Senegal, Guinea and Guinea-Bissau with the catchment area of Geba (light green)
Location
Countries
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • locationFouta Djallon, Guinea
Mouth 
 • location
Canal do Geba, Guinea-Bissau
Length561 km (349 mi)[1]
Basin size24,399.9 km2 (9,420.9 sq mi)[1]
Discharge 
 • locationNear mouth
 • average(Period: 1979–2015) 17.52 km3/a (555 m3/s)[2] (Period: 1971–2000) 330.7 m3/s (11,680 cu ft/s)[1]
Discharge 
 • locationSaltinho [de] (Basin size: 23,840 km2 (9,200 sq mi)
 • average(Period: 1977–1994)304 m3/s (10,700 cu ft/s)[3]
 • minimum5.4 m3/s (190 cu ft/s)[3]
 • maximum1,600 m3/s (57,000 cu ft/s)[3]
Basin features
River systemCorubal River
Tributaries 
 • leftTomine, Feline
 • rightKoumba
  1. ^ a b c "North Africa-West Coast".
  2. ^ "River Basins".
  3. ^ a b c "GHAASBasin437 Basin, Station: Saltinho amont", UNH/GRDC. Retrieved 29 January 2013.