Konkouré River

The Konkouré River arises in west-central Guinea and flows into the Atlantic Ocean. Several dams on the river provide the country with much of its electricity.

The river originates in the Futa Jallon highland region and flows in a westerly direction 303 km to the Atlantic Ocean north of the Baie de Sangareya (Sangareya Bay) at 9°46'N, 14°19'W. The Kakrima River is its major tributary. The river delta covers 320 km2. The "Lower Konkouré is a shallow, funnel shaped, mesotidal, mangrove-fringed, tide dominated estuary". Rice farms have been established in the mangrove areas of the delta "with some success".

In 1999, the Garafiri Dam was opened at a cost of $221 million; it can produce 75 MW of electricity. Construction of a 240 MW hydroelectric dam on the river Kaléta Dam was completed in June 2015 and commissioned on 28 September at a cost of $526 million; the 1545 m dam lies about 120 km or 85 mi north of the capital city of Conakry. In 2015, the central government contracted with Chinese firms to begin building a 550 MW dam (the Souapiti Hydropower Station), near Souapiti, about 2 km further upstream, which would almost double Guinea's power generation output at an estimated cost of $2 billion. This would, however, require that 15,000 people move out of what would become a flood plain.

The river is home to 96 recorded freshwater fish species.

Vessels of up to 3 m draft can navigate upstream to Konkouré; beyond that point, there are rapids.