Wouri River

Wouri River

river

Mouth of the watercourse	Bight of Biafra
Tributary	Abo
Country	Cameroon
Edey de administrative territorial entity insyd	Littoral
Coordinate location	4°5′0″N 9°42′0″E, 4°0′15″N 9°37′17″E
Category for maps or plans	Category:Maps of Wouri River

De Wouri (sanso Vouri anaa Vuri) be a river insyd Cameroon. Cameroon get chaw water bodies den amongst dese be two major rivers, de Sanaga, de longest at about 525 km (325 miles) long den de Wouri, de largest. De Wouri dey form at de confluence of de rivers Nkam den Makombé, 32 km (20 mi) northeast of de city of Yabassi. E then dey flow about 160 km (99 mi) southeast to de Wouri estuary at Douala, de chief port den industrial city insyd de southwestern part of Cameroon on de Gulf of Guinea. De river be navigable about 64 km (40 mi) upriver from Douala.

Exploration

De Portuguese navigator den explorer Fernão do Pó anaa Fernando Pó, be believed to be de first European to explore de estuary of de Wouri, around de year 1472. De explorers note an abundance of de mud lobster Lepidophthalmus turneranus insyd de Wouri River wey dem name am "Rio dos Camarões", Portuguese for "River of Prawns", den de phrase from wich dem derive de name Cameroon. De phrase "Rio dos Camarões" later cam be Camarones wen de Spanish arrive insyd de region. Then, during de German protectorate insyd de country wich dem start insyd 1884, de country ein name change to Kamerun before de Treaty of Versailles place de country under French den British authority insyd 1919 wich lead to de final name "Cameroon".

Seme beach limbe Cameroon

Bridges

First bridge

Wouri bridge

Inauguration plaque

Second bridge

De second (newly constructed) bridge over de Wouri River

Messenger of Ngondo for de Wouri top

• River Wouri Banks
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  Bonaberi from de Wouri River
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  Boats on Wouri (2020)
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  Couché du soleil at Bonendale (2013)
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  Bonaberi mangrove swamp
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• Wouri Bridge
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• Activities dem dey do at de Wouri River
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  Kayak competition
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  Canoe Race during Ngondo Festival
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  Sand extraction insyd de Wouri River
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  A view of how de Wouri banks dey look like during de Ngondo
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  Fishermen on de Wouri
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  A view of Wouri banks during Ngondo festival
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  Dance group during Ngondo festival
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  Swimming Competition
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  Traditional rights dem dey do along de Wouri Banks
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  Cultural Dance Performance
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  Dance performance at de Wouri banks during Ngondo
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  Ngondo activities at de Wouri banks
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  A man wey dey swim insyd de Wouri River

External links

• Encyclopædia Britannica