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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 | |
| Countries | Guinea and 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 / 6.57389°N 11.06056°WCoordinates: 6°34′26″N 11°3′38″W / 6.57389°N 11.06056°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
- ^ a b (1) . Worldometers. Archived from the original on 24 June 2020. Retrieved 24 June 2020..
(2) . OnTheWorldMap. Archived from the original on 24 June 2020. Retrieved 24 June 2020.. - ^ 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.