Ogooué

Ogooué (sometimes spelled Ogowe) is the name of a Fleuve of the Gabon, a length bordering the 1.200 km, which takes its source with the Congo-Brazzaville, in the Ntalé Mounts, at an altitude of 840 meters. Ogooué is thrown in the Atlantic Ocean by a delta marshy in the south of Port-Gentil after having followed a course pincipalement of Is in West.

Affluents of Right Bank:

Mpassa (length: 136 km)
Lékoni (length: 160 km)
Sébé (length: 232 km)
Lassio (length: 160 km)
Ivindo
Okano
Abanga (length: 160 km)

Affluents of left bank:

Leyou (length: 90 km)
Milk (length: 240 km)
Offoué (length: 170 km)
Ngounié

Cities located on Ogooué:

Economy

Ogooué is navigable of Ndjolé to the sea. It is used for the transport of wood to Port-Gentil. Center penetration essence at the XIXè century, whereas there was no road, Ogooué was used by the European explorers (of which Brazza) to discover Gabon. The various tribes installed along its course jealously preserved their monopoly of the transport of the goods on the portion of the river which they controlled. Ogooué lost of its importance like transportation route since the construction of motor-roads and the inauguration of the Transgabonais.

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