Nini River
| Nini River | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Location | |
| Country | Ghana |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Mouth | Tano River |
• coordinates | 5°25′0″N 2°36′0″W / 5.41667°N 2.60000°W |
| Length | 10 km (6.2 mi) |
| Discharge | |
| • location | Mouth |
The Nini is a river in south-western Ghana. It is one of the rivers for which the Nini-Suhien National Park (now incorporated into the Ankasa Conservation Area) was named.[1] It flows into the Tano River.
Course and location
[edit]The Nini River is located in the forested south-western part of Ghana, in the Western Region. Its reported mouth is the Tano River, with mouth coordinates given as 5°25′0″N 2°36′0″W.
The river is associated with the Ankasa Conservation Area, a protected landscape near Ghana’s border with Côte d’Ivoire. The conservation area includes the Ankasa Resource Reserve and Nini-Suhien National Park. The wider protected area is situated in the Western Region to the north of the Axim-Mpataba road.[2]
Biodiversity
[edit]The Nini River flows within a protected rainforest landscape known for high biodiversity. Ghana Wildlife Division describes Ankasa Conservation Area as the most biodiverse protected area in Ghana and states that it contains over 800 plant species, including endemic species.[3]
The forest is also important for mammals, birds, reptiles, butterflies and aquatic fauna. Ghana Wildlife Division reports that the wider protected area supports forest elephant, bongo, leopard, yellow-backed duiker, several primates, more than 200 bird species and over 600 butterfly species.
The Ankasa Resource Reserve-Nini-Sushien National Park complex is recognised as a Key Biodiversity Area. The KBA factsheet states that the site supports a large number of threatened forest species and has one of the best-studied avifaunas among Ghanaian forest sites[2]. It also records the presence of freshwater-associated bird species within the protected area, including records associated with rivers in the Ankasa-Nini-Sushien landscape[2].
References
[edit]- ↑ Nini and Suhien Rivers
- 1 2 3 "Key Biodiversity Areas". www.keybiodiversityareas.org. Retrieved 2026-06-30.
- ↑ "Ghana Wildlife Division : National Wildlife Reserves". ghanawildlife.org. Retrieved 2026-06-30.
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