The Cestos River, also known as Nuon or Nipoué river,[3] is a Liberian river that rises in the Nimba Range of Guinea and flows south along the Côte d'Ivoire border, then southwest through tracks of Liberian rain forest to empty into a bay on the Atlantic Ocean where the city River Cess is located. The pygmy hippopotamus (Choeropsis liberiensis) is known to inhabit lands along stretches of the river.[4] It forms the northern third of the international boundary between Liberia and Côte d'Ivoire.
| Cestos | |
|---|---|
 Liberia Cestos River | |
| Location | |
| Countries | |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | |
| • location | Nimba Range, Guinea |
| Mouth | |
• location | Atlantic Ocean |
| Length | 476 km (296 mi)[1] |
| Basin size | 12,723 km2 (4,912 sq mi)[2] |
| Discharge | |
| • location | Near mouth |
| • average | (Period: 1979–2015) 18.35 km3/a (581 m3/s)[2] |
| Basin features | |
| River system | Cestos River |
During the First Liberian Civil War, the portion of the river near the city of Cestos was a leading food and mineral extraction region for the National Patriotic Front of Liberia.[5]
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5°27′N 9°34′W / 5.450°N 9.567°W