Densu River
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| Densu River | |
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| Location | |
| Country | Ghana |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Mouth | Atlantic Ocean |
• coordinates | 5°31′0″N 0°19′0″W / 5.51667°N 0.31667°W |
| Length | 116 km (72 mi) |
| Basin size | 2,490 km2 (960 sq mi) |
| Discharge | |
| • location | Mouth |
| Designations | |
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| Official name | Densu Delta Ramsar Site |
| Designated | 14 August 1992 |
| Reference no. | 564[1] |
The Densu River is a 116 km long river in Ghana rising in the Atewa Range.[2] It flows through an economically important agricultural region, supplies half the drinking water to Ghana's capital city of Accra. The river ends in an ecologically significant wetland delta[3] on the coast of the Atlantic Ocean.[4] The Densuano[5] Dam and Weija Dam[6] are situated on the Densu River.
The delta has been designated a Ramsar site as a wetland of international importance. It has also been identified as an Important Bird Area (IBA) by BirdLife International because it supports significant populations of non-breeding and wintering waterbirds, especially terns, including western reef egrets, spotted redshanks, and little, black, roseate, common, Sandwich and royal terns.[7]
