Komoé River

The Komoé River is a river in West Africa. The river originates in Burkina Faso, is joined by the Léraba River, then forms the border between Burkina Faso and Côte d'Ivoire until it enters Côte d'Ivoire near Ferké, where it is the major drainage for northeastern portion of that country before emptying into the far eastern end of the Ébrié Lagoon complex and ultimately the Gulf of Guinea.^[1] The river is approximately 759 km long and its banks are shaded by riparian forests along most of this length making it an important habitat and source of agricultural water.^[1] Where reliable floodplains form, rice may be grown.^[1] A portion of the river in northern Côte d'Ivoire is the source of the vegetative richness that earned the area a UNESCO World Heritage Site designation, Comoé National Park.^[1]

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