Konkouré River
| Mouth of the watercourse | Atlantic Ocean  |
|---|---|
| Country | Guinea |
| Edey de administrative territorial entity insyd | Guinea |
| Coordinate location | 9°49′50″N 13°47′45″W, 10°26′56″N 12°59′45″W, 9°49′50″N 13°47′45″W, 9°49′6″N 13°45′1″W |
De Konkouré River dey arise insyd west-central Guinea den dey flow into de Atlantic Ocean.[1] Several dams for de river top dey provide de country plus much of ein electricity.
Geography
[edit | edit source]De river dey originate insyd de Futa Jallon highland region den dey flow insyd a westerly direction 303 km (188 mi) to de Atlantic Ocean north of de Baie de Sangareya (Sangareya Bay)[1] at 9°46'N, 14°19'W.[2] De Kakrima River be ein major tributary.[2] De river delta dey cover 320 km2 (120 sq mi).[3] Vessels of up to 3 m (9.8 ft) draft fi navigate upstream to Konkouré; beyond dat point, der be rapids.[4]
Environment
[edit | edit source]De upper river dey flow over a rocky substrate plus chaw rapids den waterfalls, wey dey make am unsuitable for navigation, though e dey make am suitable for electricity production. De lower river be a shallow, funnel-shaped, mesotidal, mangrove-fringed, tide-dominated estuary.[5] Rice farms be established insyd de mangrove areas of de delta "plus sam success".[6]
Wildlife
[edit | edit source]De river be home to 96 recorded freshwater fish species.[7]
De estuary, along plus part of Sangareya Bay den de mouths of de Konkouré den Bouramaya rivers, be designated an Important Bird Area (IBA) by BirdLife International secof e dey support significant populations of western reef egrets, pied avocets den common redshanks. E dey encompass 28,000 ha of mangroves, mudflats, sandbanks den rice-fields. African manatees dey occur insyd de mangroves den common bottlenose dolphins insyd de bay.[8]
Dams
[edit | edit source]Insyd 1999, dem gbele Garafiri Dam at a cost of $221 million; e fi produce 75 megawatts (101,000 hp) of electricity.[1] Construction of a 240-megawatt (320,000 hp) hydroelectric dam for de river top near Kaleta, de Kaleta Hydropower Plant, dem plete insyd June 2015 wey dem commission on 28 September at a cost of $526 million;[9] de 1,545-metre-long (5,069 ft) dam dey lie about 120 kilometres (75 mi)[10] anaa 85 miles (137 km)[9] north of de capital city of Conakry.[10]
Insyd 2015, de central government contract plus Chinese firms to begin building a 550-megawatt (740,000 hp) dam (de Souapiti Hydropower Station), near Souapiti, about 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) further upstream,[10] wich go almost double Guinea ein power generation output at an estimated cost of $2 billion. Dis go, however, require say 15,000 people go move out of wat go cam be a flood plain.[10]
References
[edit | edit source]- 1 2 3 Camara, Mohamed Saliou; O'Toole, Thomas; Baker, Janice E. (7 November 2013). Historical Dictionary of Guinea. Scarecrow Press. pp. 195–196. ISBN 9780810879690. Retrieved 22 November 2016.
- 1 2 "Source book for the inland fishery resources of Africa Vol. 2: Country Files (Contd.): Guinea". Food and Agriculture Organization.
- ↑ Wolanski, Eric; Cassagne, Bernard (February 2000). "Salinity intrusion and rice farming in the mangrove-fringed Konkoure River delta, Guinea". Wetlands Ecology and Management. 8 (1): 29–36. Bibcode:2000WetEM...8...29W. doi:10.1023/A:1008470005880.
- ↑ National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (1 October 2009). NGA Sailing Directions-Enroute: 2008 West Coast of Europe and Northwest Africa (11th ed.). ProStar Publications. p. 240. ISBN 9781577858850.
- ↑ Capo, Sylvain; Sottolichio, Aldo; Brenon, I.; Ferry, Luc (May 2006). "Morphology, hydrography and sediment dynamics in a mangrove estuary: The Konkoure Estuary, Guinea". Marine Geology. 230 (3–4): 199–215. Bibcode:2006MGeol.230..199C. doi:10.1016/j.margeo.2006.05.003.
- ↑ Saenger, Peter (29 June 2013). Mangrove Ecology, Silviculture and Conservation. Springer Science & Business Media. pp. 290–291. ISBN 9789401599627.
- ↑ Smith, Kevin G.; et al. (2009). The Status and Distribution of Freshwater Biodiversity in Western Africa. IUCN. p. 22. ISBN 9782831711638.
- ↑ "Konkouré". BirdLife Data Zone. BirdLife International. 2024. Retrieved 2024-11-02.
- 1 2 Poindexter, Gregory B. (1 October 2015). "Guinea increases generating capacity with US$526 million 240-MW Kaleta hydroelectric facility". HydroWorld.
- 1 2 3 4 Wild, Franz; Camara, Ougna (14 September 2015). "China's CWE in Talks to Build $2 Billion Dam in Guinea". Bloomberg News.
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