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 | |
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Location | |
Countries | |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | |
• location | Fouta Djallon, Guinea |
Mouth | |
• location | Canal do Geba, Guinea-Bissau |
Length | 561 km (349 mi)[1] |
Basin size | 24,399.9 km2 (9,420.9 sq mi)[1] |
Discharge | |
• location | Near 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 | |
• location | Saltinho (Basin size: 23,840 km2 (9,200 sq mi) |
• average | (Period: 1977–1994)304 m3/s (10,700 cu ft/s)[3] |
• minimum | 5.4 m3/s (190 cu ft/s)[3] |
• maximum | 1,600 m3/s (57,000 cu ft/s)[3] |
Basin features | |
River system | Corubal River |
Tributaries | |
• left | Tomine, Feline |
• right | Koumba |