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<td colspan="3" style="background:#AFBDF0; color:#202122; text-align:center;"><span style="font-size:120%"><b>Mano</b></span><br>Zeliba (im Oberlauf)
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<td style="background:#EFF1FC; color:#202122;">Lage
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<td colspan="2"><span style="display:none">Liberia</span><span class="mw-image-border noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><a href="Liberia" title="Liberia"></a></span> <a href="Liberia" title="Liberia">Liberia</a><br><span style="display:none">Sierra Leone</span><span class="mw-image-border noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><a href="Sierra_Leone" title="Sierra Leone"></a></span> <a href="Sierra_Leone" title="Sierra Leone">Sierra Leone</a>
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<td style="background:#EFF1FC; color:#202122;"><a href="Flusssystem" title="Flusssystem">Flusssystem</a>
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<td colspan="2">Mano<span style="display:none"></span>
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<td style="background:#EFF1FC; color:#202122;"><a href="Quelle" title="Quelle">Quelle</a>
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<td colspan="2">Als Zeliba bei <a href="Voinjama" title="Voinjama">Voinjama</a> in <a href="Liberia" title="Liberia">Liberia</a> an der Grenze zu <a href="Guinea" title="Guinea">Guinea</a><small><br><span id="Quelle_Mano" class="coordinates -print"><a class="external text" href="geo:8.473,-9.628"><span title="Breitengrad">8° 28′ 23″ <abbr title="Nord">N</abbr></span>, <span title="Längengrad">9° 37′ 41″ <abbr title="West">W</abbr></span></a></span><span class="geo noexcerpt" style="display:none"><span class="body"></span><span class="latitude">8.473</span><span class="longitude">-9.628</span><span class="elevation">560</span></span></small>
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<td style="vertical-align:top; background:#EFF1FC; color:#202122;"><a href="H%C3%B6he_%C3%BCber_dem_Meeresspiegel" title="Höhe über dem Meeresspiegel">Quellhöhe</a>
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<td colspan="2"><span style="border-width:0px; padding:0px; margin:0px;">560 <a href="H%C3%B6he_%C3%BCber_dem_Meeresspiegel" title="Höhe über dem Meeresspiegel">m</a></span><sup id="cite_ref-App_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-App-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
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<td style="background:#EFF1FC; color:#202122;"><a href="M%C3%BCndung_(Gew%C3%A4sser)" title="Mündung (Gewässer)">Mündung</a>
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<td colspan="2"><a href="Atlantischer_Ozean" title="Atlantischer Ozean">Atlantischer Ozean</a><span class="geo noexcerpt" style="display:none"><span class="body"></span><span class="latitude">6.9208333333333</span><span class="longitude">-11.505833333333</span><span class="elevation">0</span></span><span id="coordinates" class="coordinates -print"><span title="Koordinatensystem WGS84">Koordinaten: </span><a class="external text" href="geo:6.9208333333333,-11.505833333333"><span title="Breitengrad">6° 55′ 15″ <abbr title="Nord">N</abbr></span>, <span title="Längengrad">11° 30′ 21″ <abbr title="West">W</abbr></span></a></span><small><br><span id="Mündung_Mano" class="coordinates -print"><a class="external text" href="geo:6.9208333333333,-11.505833333333"><span title="Breitengrad">6° 55′ 15″ <abbr title="Nord">N</abbr></span>, <span title="Längengrad">11° 30′ 21″ <abbr title="West">W</abbr></span></a></span><span class="geo noexcerpt" style="display:none"><span class="body"></span><span class="latitude">6.9208333333333</span><span class="longitude">-11.505833333333</span><span class="elevation">0</span></span></small>
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<td colspan="2"><span style="border-width:0px; padding:0px; margin:0px;">0 <a href="H%C3%B6he_%C3%BCber_dem_Meeresspiegel" title="Höhe über dem Meeresspiegel">m</a></span><span style="display:none"></span>
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<td style="background:#EFF1FC; color:#202122;">Höhenunterschied
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<td colspan="2">560 m
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<td style="background:#EFF1FC; color:#202122;"><a href="Sohlgef%C3%A4lle" title="Sohlgefälle">Sohlgefälle</a>
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<td colspan="2">1,4 ‰
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<td style="vertical-align:top; background:#EFF1FC; color:#202122;">Länge
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<td colspan="2">391 km<sup id="cite_ref-App_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-App-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
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<td colspan="2">7520 km²<sup id="cite_ref-Divi_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Divi-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
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<td style="background:#EFF1FC; color:#202122;"><a href="Nebenfluss" title="Nebenfluss">Linke Nebenflüsse</a>
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<td colspan="2">Manwunya (Mawunsu) Creek, Gbeya, Konja (Kuinja) Creek, Masua Creek
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<td colspan="2">Morro, Mahoi
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<td style="background:#EFF1FC; color:#202122;"><a href="Schiffbarkeit" title="Schiffbarkeit">Schiffbarkeit</a>
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<td colspan="2">Im Unterlauf schiffbar<span style="display:none"></span>
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<p>Der <b>Mano</b>, im Oberlauf <b>Zeliba</b>, ist ein <a href="K%C3%BCstenfluss" title="Küstenfluss">Küstenfluss</a> in <a href="Westafrika" title="Westafrika">Westafrika</a>.
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Verlauf">Verlauf</h2></div>
<p>Der Fluss entspringt als Zeliba bei <a href="Voinjama" title="Voinjama">Voinjama</a> in <a href="Liberia" title="Liberia">Liberia</a> an der Grenze zu <a href="Guinea" title="Guinea">Guinea</a>. Er verläuft zunächst etwa 50 km westlich und schwenkt dann auf Süd. Kurz darauf, an der Mündung des Gbeya, ändert er seinen Namen in Mano. Der Fluss fließt weiter in südwestlicher Richtung und bildet ab der Mündung seines wichtigsten Nebenflusses, dem Morro, die natürliche Grenze zwischen Liberia und <a href="Sierra_Leone" title="Sierra Leone">Sierra Leone</a>. Er fließt durch die Distrikte <a href="Kailahun_(Distrikt)" title="Kailahun (Distrikt)">Kailahun</a>, <a href="Kenema_(Distrikt)" title="Kenema (Distrikt)">Kenema</a> und <a href="Pujehun_(Distrikt)" title="Pujehun (Distrikt)">Pujehun</a> in Sierra Leone und in Liberia durch die Countys <a href="Lofa_County" title="Lofa County">Lofa</a>, <a href="Gbarpolu_County" title="Gbarpolu County">Gbarpolu</a> und <a href="Grand_Cape_Mount_County" title="Grand Cape Mount County">Grand Cape Mount</a>.
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Verkehr">Verkehr</h2></div>
<p>Nach jahrelangen Bürgerkriegen in beiden Ländern wurde 2007 eine bedeutende Brücke über den Mano zwischen Liberia und Sierra Leone wiedereröffnet.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Wirtschaft">Wirtschaft</h2></div>
<p>Der Mano ist Namensgeber der 1973 von den Liberia und Sierra Leone gegründeten Wirtschaftsunion <i><a href="Mano_River_Union" title="Mano River Union">Mano River Union</a></i>, zu der heute auch Guinea und die <a href="Elfenbeink%C3%BCste" title="Elfenbeinküste">Elfenbeinküste</a> gehören.
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Einzelnachweise">Einzelnachweise</h2></div>
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<li id="cite_note-App-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">↑ <sup><a href="#cite_ref-App_1-0">a</a></sup> <sup><a href="#cite_ref-App_1-1">b</a></sup></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20230726153018/https://lhsliberia.com/wp-content/uploads/Appendix-8-01-Mano-River.pdf">Liberian Hydrological Services - Mano River Principal Basin Tables, Figures and Maps</a></span>
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<li id="cite_note-Divi-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-Divi_2-0">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://lhsliberia.com/wp-content/uploads/LIBERIA-RIVER-BASINS-2016.pdf">Liberia River Basins 2016 - Drainage Divisions and River Basin Boundaries</a></span>
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<li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-3">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/6729923.stm">BBC News: Vital West African bridge opens</a></span>
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