Mano River

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Mano River
Mano River
Location
Countries
Physical characteristics
Source 
  location Guinea Highlands, Sierra Leone
Mouth  
  location
Atlantic Ocean
Length320 km (200 mi) [1]
Basin size7,634 km2 (2,948 sq mi) [2]
Discharge 
  locationNear mouth
  average(Period: 1979–2015) 11.22 km3/a (356 m3/s) [2] (Period: 1971–2000) 369.8 m3/s (13,060 cu ft/s) [1]
Basin features
River system Mano River

The Mano River is a river in West Africa. It rises in the Guinea Highlands in Liberia and forms part of the Liberia-Sierra Leone border. [3]

The districts through which the river flows include the Parrot's Beak area of Guinea, Liberia's Lofa County and the Kono and Kailahun District of Sierra Leone. Diamond mining is a major industry in these areas. Control of the area's wealth and the instability of the national governments of all three countries led to a series of violent conflicts involving these districts in the 1990s (See Sierra Leone Civil War, First Liberian Civil War, Second Liberian Civil War).

Liberia and Sierra Leone founded the Mano River Union in 1973. [4] Guinea joined in 1980. It was reactivated in 2004 as a customs and economic union; Côte d'Ivoire joined in 2008. [5]

6°55′15″N11°30′21″W / 6.92083°N 11.50583°W / 6.92083; -11.50583 References

  1. 1 2 "North Africa-West Coast".
  2. 1 2 "River Basins". Archived from the original on 2024-01-17. Retrieved 2024-01-29.
  3. "Mano River | river, West Africa". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 2017-06-30.
  4. "No. 13608 (Mano River Declaration)" (PDF). World Bank.
  5. "MANO River Union Capacity Building and Technical Assistance for Institutional Strengthening". African Development Bank Group.