Rokel River

Rokel River
  • Seli River
  • Pamoronkoh River
Freetown at the mouth of the river estuary
Location
CountrySierra Leone
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • locationLoma Mountains, Guinea Highlands, Sierra Leone, West Africa
 • elevation900 m (3,000 ft)
Mouth 
 • location
Atlantic Ocean
 • elevation
0 m (0 ft)
Length386 km (240 mi)[1]
Basin size10,622 km2 (4,101 sq mi)[1]
Discharge 
 • locationNear mouth
 • average(Period: 1971–2000) 546.9 m3/s (19,310 cu ft/s)[1]
Basin features
River systemRokel 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]

  1. ^ a b c "North Africa-West Coast".
  2. ^ "Sierra Leone Estuary: Proposed Ramsar Site" (PDF). Wetland Organization. Retrieved 3 July 2013.
  3. ^ "1014, Sierra Leone River Estuary" (PDF). Ramsar organization. 13 December 1999. Retrieved 7 July 2013.

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