Rokel River

Rokel River, river rising in the Guinea Highlands in north central Sierra Leone, West Africa. It drains a 4,100-sq-mi (10,620-sq-km) basin on its 250-mi (400-km) southwesterly course toward the Atlantic, and empties into the estuary of the Sierra Leone River (q.v.). Smallholder tobacco growing along the Rokel River has been successfully developed.