Lofa River
The Lofa or Loffa is a river whose headwaters originate in eastern Guinea northeast of Macenta. The river runs southwest through northeastern Liberia before draining into the North Atlantic Ocean.[1] Historically it has also been known as the Little Cape Mount River.[2] The Lawa River enters the Lofa River in Liberia's Lofa County.[1]
| Lofa | |
|---|---|
| Location | |
| Country | Guinea, Liberia |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | |
| • location | Macenta Prefecture in Guinea |
| Mouth | |
• location | Atlantic Ocean south of Robertsport at |
• coordinates | 6°34′26″N 11°3′38″W |
• elevation | 0 m (0 ft) |
Indigenous species include the pygmy hippopotamus.[3] Several diamond mining concessions along the Lofa River were granted in the late 1950s and early 1960s.[4]
Notes
The Lofa River source is in the Guinean Eastern Highlands. It runs Southeast through Guinea, and runs North to south in Northwestern Liberia. Not Northeastern Liberia as was previously written by someone else.
- (1) "Liberia Physical Map". Worldometers. Retrieved 24 June 2020. Archived 24 June 2020 at the Wayback Machine.
(2) "Liberia Political Map". OnTheWorldMap. Retrieved 24 June 2020. Archived 24 June 2020 at the Wayback Machine. - Sims, James L.; Seymour, George L.; Anderson, Benjamin J. K.; Fairhead, James (2003). African-American Exploration in West Africa: Four Nineteenth-century Diaries. Indiana University Press. p. 375. ISBN 0-253-34194-9.
- "At last New York has a pair of pygmy hippos" (PDF). The New York Times. 14 July 1912. Retrieved 12 January 2009.
- Greenhalgh, Peter (1985). West African Diamonds. Manchester University Press. pp. 72–73. ISBN 0-7190-1763-7.
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