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Sankanbiriwa

mountain, West Africa
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Sankanbiriwa is a mountain located in the Tingi Mountains within the Guinea Highlands of West Africa. It reaches an elevation of 6,080 feet (1,853 meters). The Guinea Highlands, a mountainous plateau, extend from the Fouta Djallon highlands through Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, and Côte d'Ivoire. This region is the source of the Niger River, West Africa's longest and most important river. The Fouta Djallon, a similar mountainous region in west-central Guinea, also serves as a watershed for major West African rivers and has Mount Loura as its highest point.12

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