Cestos River

Coordinates: 5°27′N 9°34′W / 5.450°N 9.567°W / 5.450; -9.567
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Cestos
Liberia Cestos River
Location
Countries
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • locationNimba Range, Guinea
Mouth 
 • location
Atlantic Ocean
Length476 km (296 mi)[1]
Basin size12,723 km2 (4,912 sq mi)[2]
Discharge 
 • locationNear mouth
 • average(Period: 1979–2015) 18.35 km3/a (581 m3/s)[2]
Basin features
River systemCestos River

The Cestos River, also known as Nuon or Nipoué river,[3] is a Liberian river that rises in the Nimba Range of Guinea and flows south along the Côte d'Ivoire border, then southwest through tracks of Liberian rain forest to empty into a bay on the Atlantic Ocean where the city River Cess is located. The pygmy hippopotamus (Choeropsis liberiensis) is known to inhabit lands along stretches of the river.[4] It forms the northern third of the international boundary between Liberia and Côte d'Ivoire.

During the First Liberian Civil War, the portion of the river near the city of Cestos was a leading food and mineral extraction region for the National Patriotic Front of Liberia.[5]

References

  1. ^ "North Africa-West Coast".
  2. ^ a b "River Basins".
  3. ^ "Liberia Waterways". The Liberian Connection. Archived from the original on 5 February 2012. Retrieved 8 August 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  4. ^ Ramsar Sites Information Service. "Wetlands International Ramsar Sites Information Service: Liberia" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-28. Retrieved 2008-08-02.
  5. ^ "Rivercess Falls to Allied Forces". Monrovia Daily News, 1993-05-10, 1/6.

5°27′N 9°34′W / 5.450°N 9.567°W / 5.450; -9.567