Lake Sonfon National Park, Sierra Leone
Lake Sonfon National Park is next to Lake Sonfon and is located in Northern Province, Sierra Leone. Lake Sonfon, also known as Lake Confon, is a fresh water mountain lake in Diang, Sierra Leone of religious and cultural significance.
The nearest towns are Kabala that is 60 km to the north and Benugu that is 40 km to the south. It is located in the hills of the Sula Mountains at an altitude of 549 m above sea level. Sonfon drains from its southern end, which forms the start of the Pampana River, and is fed by seven small streams with its water level varying considerably during the year.
The Lake has a maximum depth of 8 m and with an area of 8.2 km2 is Sierra Leone’s largest inland lake.
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