| Densu River | |
|---|---|
 The estuary of Densu River  Densu River Meander  Densuano Dam | |
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| 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 | |
|---|---|
| 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.
- ^ "Densu Delta Ramsar Site". Ramsar Sites Information Service. Retrieved 25 April 2018.
- ^ "Protecting Atewa Forest". Ghana | A Rocha. 2015-07-13. Retrieved 2019-05-18.
- ^ "Wetlands | Habitats | WWF". World Wildlife Fund. Retrieved 2019-05-18.
- ^ Ghana: Rivers and Lakes
- ^ "Densuano Street in Koforidua - Eastern Region - AfricaLocal.net". www.africalocal.net. Retrieved 2019-05-18.
- ^ Welsing, Kobina. "Residents stranded as Weija Dam spillage floods homes | Starr Fm". Retrieved 2019-05-18.