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Rokel River (Sierra Leone)

LC control no.sh2015003023
Geographic headingRokel River (Sierra Leone)
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Geographic subdivision usageSierra Leone--Rokel River
Variant(s)Panoronkoh River (Sierra Leone)
Rokei Creek (Sierra Leone)
Rokel Creek (Sierra Leone)
Rokell River (Sierra Leone)
Rokelle River (Sierra Leone)
Seli River (Sierra Leone)
Selu River (Sierra Leone)
See alsoRivers--Sierra Leone
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Found inWork cat: Ecology control and the pre-colonial economy in Upper Guinea, 1983?: page 2 (the Rokel (known also as Seli) River; the Rokel River commands the Sierra Leone estuary; known as Sierra Leone River at the point where it empties into the Atlantic Ocean; about 480 km in length, from headlands in the Futa Jalon highlands; the Rokel River is navigable for small boats for over 200 km from the coast)
GEOnet, Dec. 21, 2015 (Rokel Creek (approved), Sierra Leone; class: stream; ADM1 Northern; 08°33'10"N, 012°55'06"W; variants: Rokei, Rokel, Rokell River, Seli, Selu; there is also Rokel Brook, ADM1 Western Area; Rokel Ridge; Rokel Seamount (undersea feature); and 5 PPLs named Rokel in Sierra Leone, all in approximately same area in Northern)
Encyclopaedia Britannica (online), Dec. 21, 2015 (Rokel River, alternative Seli River; river rising in the Guinea Highlands in north central Sierra Leone; drains a 4,100-sq.-mi. (10,620-sq.-km) basin on its 250-mile (400-km) southwesterly course toward the Atlantic; empties into the estuary of the Sierra Leone River)
Wikipedia, Dec. 21, 2015 (Rokel River, also Seli River; previously Panoronkoh River [not found in GEOnet; the largest river in the Republic of Sierra Leone; rises in the interior plateau of the Loma Mountains, Guinea Highlands; feeds into the Rokel estuary before entering the Pacific; the estuary, after it joins the Bankasoka River, is also called the Sierra Leone River (25 mi/40 km in length))
20972579: Ribbee & Rokelle Rivers: local routes, 1978, Dec. 21, 2015 (access point: Rokel River (Sierra Leone))