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Ecosystem Great Scarcies
Type River (basin)
Salinity freshwater
Other Names Kolenté
Location
West Africa 11° N 8° N - 13° W 12° W
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Size Ref
River Length Area Drainage Area 8500
Depth
Average Depth Max Depth Ref
Temperature
Surface
100 Meters Depth
Description Rises 40 km north of Kindia in the Fouta Djallon highlands of western Guinea. Marks 101 km of the Guinea-Sierra Leone border before entering Sierra Leone to complete its 257-km course to the Atlantic Ocean (Ref. 28192).
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Species Families Species Families Reference
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