LC control no. | sh2015003023 |
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Geographic heading | Rokel River (Sierra Leone) |
Geographic subdivision usage | Sierra 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 also | Rivers--Sierra Leone |
Found in | Work 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)) |