Key facts
- Country
- Burkina Faso , Ivory Coast
- Source
- Sikasso Plateau
- Location
- Bobo-Dioulasso Department , Houet Province , Burkina Faso
- Coordinates
- 10°58′N 004°30′W / 10.967°N 4.500°W / 10.967; -4.500
- Elevation
- 525 m (1,722 ft)
- Mouth
- Grand-Bassam
- Length
- 759 km (472 mi)
- Right
- Léraba River
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- river
- Country
- Ivory Coast
- Continent
- Africa
- Image
- Comoe near Folonzo MS 1262.jpg
- Length
- 900
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- discharge
- 430
- watershed area
- 74000
- mouth of the watercourse
- Gulf of Guinea
- different from
- Comoé
- Commons category
- Comoé River
Sources (2)
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Encyclopedic overview
Along the Komoé River, 1892
The Komoé River or Comoé River is a river in West Africa. The river originates on the Sikasso Plateau of Burkina Faso, flows through the Cascades de Karfiguéla, forms a short section of the border between Burkina Faso and Ivory Coast before entering Ivory Coast. It serves as the major drainage for the northeastern portion of that country before emptying into the Atlantic. The banks of the Komoé are shaded by riparian forests along most of its length, providing an important habitat for wildlife and a source of agricultural water. Where reliable floodplains form in Ivory Coast, rice may be grown. A portion of the river in northern Ivory Coast is the source of the vegetative richness that earned that area a UNESCO World Heritage Site designation, Comoé National Park.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Komoé River” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
On the map
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