Densu Baa

Densu River

river

Mouth of the watercourse	Gulf of Guinea
Continent	Africa
Paaloŋ	Ghana
Coordinate location	5°31′0″N 0°19′0″W, 5°30′11″N 0°20′22″W, 5°30′37″N 0°19′17″W
Heritage designation	Ramsar site

Densu baa

A Densu River wogiruŋ e la 116 km baa naŋ be a Ghana naŋ yi a Atewa Range. O kõɔ gbɛre e la zie ba maale taa koɔbo yeltare, na maŋ tere kõɔ ko a Ghana's tekpoŋ ba na boɔlɔ a Accra. A baa koɔrɔ la tɔnɔ yaga a wetland delta naŋ be a coast Atlantic Ocean. A Densuano Dampo ane Weija Dampo paale la a Densu baa.

Environment

A delta gbɛre maale poŋ-eŋɛɛ Ramsar zie naŋ e wetland international tona. O meŋ eɛ zie naŋ maale taa tona ko Bird Area (IBA) yi BirdLife International bonso o maŋ sonna la breeding ane wintering waterbirds, te gaŋ a zaa, paale western reef egrets, spotted redshanks, ane little, black, roseate, common, Sandwich ane royal terns.

Threats

An Ariel view of the Densu River

A noba yagroŋ ko a Densu Basin na baŋ eɛ 240 persons per square kilometre. Ziiri mine naŋ be a Densu baa leɛ la sagɛɛ kpaa baroo zie yi a teŋɛ noba mine zie, naŋ na maŋ sanna a kõɔ bara. Yele mine teseŋ koɔbo, tɛnɛ woɔbu ane kusibe ŋma.

Sããkommo Yeltare

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  Ghanaian artist Kojo Antwi named his second studio album, released in 2002, after the river.
• Osibisa, an Afrobeat band, composed a song titled Densu, explaining about the different varieties of fishes and the song the fishermen sing.