Loma Mountains, Guinea Highlands, Sierra Leone, West Africa
• elevation
900 m (3,000 ft)
Mouth
• location
Atlantic Ocean
• elevation
0 m (0 ft)
Length
386 km (240 mi)[1]
Basin size
10,622 km2 (4,101 sq mi)[1]
Discharge
• location
Near mouth
• average
(Period: 1971–2000) 546.9 m3/s (19,310 cu ft/s)[1]
Basin features
River system
Rokel 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]
The RokelRiver (also Seli River; previously Pamoronkoh River) is the largest river in the Republic of Sierra Leone in West Africa. The river basin measures...
Sierra Leone River is a river estuary on the Atlantic Ocean in Western Sierra Leone. It is formed by the Bankasoka River and RokelRiver and is between...
city, has one of the world's largest natural harbours. The RokelRiver is the largest river in Sierra Leone. It is 400 kilometres (250 mi) long and has...
periods) is an island in the Sierra Leone River. It is situated in Freetown Harbour, the estuary of the RokelRiver and Port Loko Creek, about 20 miles (32...
century, and migrated south before settling between the Kolenté and RokelRiver area of Sierra Leone. They initially practiced their traditional religion...
the national banking regulator. The bank is named after the RokelRiver, the longest river in Sierra Leone. RCB serves members of the public, small and...
Scarcies River (Kolenté River) Little Scarcies River (Kaba River) Mabole River Mongo River Lolo River Sierra Leone RiverRokelRiver (Seli River) Bankasoka...
The Bankasoka River is a river in Sierra Leone. As a tidal estuary (also called Port Loko Creek) it combines with the RokelRiver to the south to form...
distinguished service to the country. It is named after the RokelRiver, the largest river in Sierra Leone. A ceremony to present insignia is undertaken...
Oueme - Benin Rokel - Sierra Leone Saint Paul - Liberia Sanaga - Cameroon Sankarani - Mali Senegal - Senegal, Mauritania, Mali Sewa River Volta - Ghana...
Temne king of Bureh who lived at Bagos town on the point between the RokelRiver and Port Loko Creek. (The king may have considered himself a Mani—to...
Malai on the south coast. The island is located where the RokelRiver enters the Sierra Leone River estuary. 8°32′45″N 12°56′35″W / 8.54583°N 12.94306°W...
migrated and established new towns such as Falaba near the region where RokelRiver starts, while the remaining of the Yalunka went further into the mountains...
Bird Galley is captured by Thomas Cocklyn's pirates in the mouth of the RokelRiver in Sierra Leone, and her captain, William Snelgrave, taken prisoner by...
about 30 km south-west of Makeni. It is on the bank of the RokelRiver, the largest river in Sierra Leone. Mabilafu is the main village of the same-named...
11°56′36″W / 8.71694°N 11.94333°W / 8.71694; -11.94333, along the RokelRiver. Magburaka lies just about 26 miles (42 km) drive south-west of Makeni...
on education, including female education. He went to Magbele on the RokelRiver to negotiate a commercial treaty with Dala Modu Dumbuya. This mission...
John MacCormac an Irish businessman who settled on the banks of the RokelRiver, Sierra Leone for example, established the local timber trade in 1816...
purchase agreement. The power station would be located across the Seli River (RokelRiver), outside the town of Bumbuna, in Tonkolili District, in the Northern...
He realized that the area where he was working, which lay along the RokelRiver, was on one of the trade routes that connected the interior and the sea...
itabirite. Based on similarities between the Gibi Mountain Formation and the RokelRiver Group in Sierra Leone, it appears that it formed between the late Neoproterozoic...
recumbent folds of the Marampa Group overly granites and may contact the RokelRiver Group at a fault. The Marampa Group formed 2.1 billion years ago, in...
reservoir River Bumbuna Hydroelectric Power Station Reservoir 50 MW 2009 Bumbuna Reservoir RokelRiver Bankasoka Hydro power (Port Loko) Run of river 3 MW...
the RokelRiver at a place called Malamah — that was how he came by the nickname "Malamah". Some years later, he closed his business on the Rokel and...
African Teak, which was really African Oak, from the estuary of the RokelRiver to England. He built himself a home and a timber yard on Timbo Island...
Sierra Leone where it is found in the Little Scarcies, Jong, Rokel, Kolenté and Konkouré Rivers. This species grows to a length of 22.9 centimetres (9.0 in)...
The district is criss crossed by many rivers including the Pampana River and Sierra Leone's longest river, the Rokel. The Temne people make up the overwhelming...
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