Geba River
| Mouth of the watercourse | Atlantic Ocean  |
|---|---|
| Tributary | Corubal River |
| Country | Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Senegal |
| Coordinate location | 12°37′23″N 13°39′6″W, 11°43′20″N 15°38′40″W |
De Geba (French: Rivière Geba, Portuguese: Rio Geba) be a river insyd West Africa. E dey flow for approximately 550 kilometres (340 mi) thru Guinea, Senegal, den Guinea-Bissau. E sanso be called de Kayanga insyd Senegal.
Geography
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[edit | edit source]De Geba dey rise insyd de northernmost area of Guinea insyd de Fouta Djallon highlands, wey dey pass thru southern Senegal, den dey reach de Atlantic Ocean insyd Guinea-Bissau. E be about 550 kilometres (340 mi) in total length.[1]
E be largely a lowland river, plus a higher flow during de rainy season (from June to October). De areas around de lower reaches of de river be floodplains wey be surrounded by savanna den forest, plus a high population density based around subsistence farming.[2]: 162
De mouth of de Geba be a wide tidal estuary wey be shared plus de Corubal River.[3] De tidal range fi be as high as 7 metres (23 ft) within de estuary (dem sanso call de Geba Channel).[4]
Ein tributaries dey include de Anambe, Gambiel, den Campossa (anaa Colufe) rivers. De Colufe River dey join de Geba at Bafatá. De Geba dey share a broad estuary plus de Corubal River (wich e dey join near Xime). Bissau, de capital of Guinea-Bissau dey locate along de north shore of dis estuary. De estuary dey widen further as de river dey flow into de Atlantic around de Bijagós Islands archipelago.[5][6][7]
References
[edit | edit source]- ↑ "Golden Sediments from Geba River, Guinea Bissau". Earth Snapshot. Chelys. Archived from the original on 27 September 2020. Retrieved 8 October 2015.
- ↑ Zúquete, Sara Tudela; Coelho, João; Rosa, Fernanda; Vaz, Yolanda; Cassamá, Bernardo; Padre, Ludovina; Santos, Dulce; Basto, Afonso P.; Leitão, Alexandre (January 2017). "Tick (Acari: Ixodidae) infestations in cattle along Geba River basin in Guinea-Bissau" (PDF). Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases. 8 (1): 161–169. doi:10.1016/j.ttbdis.2016.10.013. Retrieved 3 April 2026.
- ↑ Sambou, Saly; Dacosta, Honore; Diouf, Rene Ndimag; Diouf, Ibrahima; Kane, Alioune (16 September 2020). "Hydropluviometric variability in non-Sahelian West Africa: case of the Koliba/Corubal River Basin (Guinea and Guinea-Bissau)". Proceedings of IAHS (in English). 383. Copernicus GmbH: 171–183. doi:10.5194/piahs-383-171-2020. hdl:11343/281039. Retrieved 3 April 2026.
- ↑ Dièye, Arame; Marchesiello, Patrick; Sow, Bamol Ali; Dieng, Habib Boubacar; Thuan, Duong Hai; Descroix, Luc (August 2025). "Tidal amplification and distortion in Guinea-Bissau, West Africa". Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science. 320. doi:10.1016/j.ecss.2025.109318.
- ↑ Patel, Kasha (18 June 2018). "The Meandering Estuaries of Guinea–Bissau - NASA Science". NASA Science. Retrieved 3 April 2026.
- ↑ Campredon, Pierre; Catry, Paulo (2016). "Bijagos Archipelago (Guinea-Bissau)". The Wetland Book (in English). Springer, Dordrecht. pp. 1–8. doi:10.1007/978-94-007-6173-5_158-1.
- ↑ Brown, Ashley; Thieme, Michele. "Northern Upper Guinea". Freshwater Ecoregions of the World. Retrieved 3 April 2026.
External links
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- Salif Diop, La côte ouest-africaine. Du Saloum (Sénégal) à la Mellacorée (Rép. de Guinée), ORSTOM, Paris, 1990, p. 380
