Lofa | |
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Location | |
Countries | Guinea and Liberia |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | |
• location | Macenta Prefecture in Guinea |
• elevation | 940 m (3,080 ft) |
Mouth | |
• location | Atlantic Ocean south of Robertsport at |
• coordinates | 6°34′26″N 11°3′38″W / 6.57389°N 11.06056°W |
• elevation | 0 m (0 ft) |
Length | 410 km (250 mi) |
Basin size | 10,446 km2 (4,033 sq mi) [1] |
Discharge | |
• location | Near mouth |
• average | (Period: 1979–2015) 18.63 km3/a (590 m3/s) [1] |
The Lofa or Loffa is a river whose headwaters originate in eastern Guinea northeast of Macenta. The river runs southwest through northeastern Liberia before draining into the North Atlantic Ocean. [2] Historically it has also been known as the Little Cape Mount River. [3] The Lawa River enters the Lofa River in Liberia's Lofa County. [2]
Indigenous species include the pygmy hippopotamus. [4] Several diamond mining concessions along the Lofa River were granted in the late 1950s and early 1960s. [5]
Lofa | |
---|---|
Location | |
Countries | Guinea and Liberia |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | |
• location | Macenta Prefecture in Guinea |
• elevation | 940 m (3,080 ft) |
Mouth | |
• location | Atlantic Ocean south of Robertsport at |
• coordinates | 6°34′26″N 11°3′38″W / 6.57389°N 11.06056°W |
• elevation | 0 m (0 ft) |
Length | 410 km (250 mi) |
Basin size | 10,446 km2 (4,033 sq mi) [1] |
Discharge | |
• location | Near mouth |
• average | (Period: 1979–2015) 18.63 km3/a (590 m3/s) [1] |
The Lofa or Loffa is a river whose headwaters originate in eastern Guinea northeast of Macenta. The river runs southwest through northeastern Liberia before draining into the North Atlantic Ocean. [2] Historically it has also been known as the Little Cape Mount River. [3] The Lawa River enters the Lofa River in Liberia's Lofa County. [2]
Indigenous species include the pygmy hippopotamus. [4] Several diamond mining concessions along the Lofa River were granted in the late 1950s and early 1960s. [5]