Mellacorée River
9°13′N 13°3′W / 9.217°N 13.050°W
| Mellacorée River | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Location | |
| Country | Guinea |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Mouth | |
• location | Atlantic Ocean |
The Mellacorée River is a short river in Guinea. Most of its lower part is an estuary.[1]
History
[edit]The Mellacorée River was one of the "Southern Rivers," a territory gradually occupied by the French between 1860 and 1880 and placed under the authority of the governor of Senegal before becoming the colony of Guinea. A military outpost was established in 1866 in Benty, at the mouth of the river.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ Diop, Salif (1990). La côte ouest-africaine. Du Saloum (Sénégal) à la Mellacorée (Rép. de Guinée) (in French). Paris: l'ORSTOM. p. 380.
- ^ Brosselard-Faidherbe, Henri (1892). Casamance et Mellacorée. Pénétration au Soudan (PDF) (in French). Paris: Librairie illustrée. p. 106.
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