The
Rokel River is the largest
river in the Republic of
Sierra Leone in
West Africa. It flows south-west from the
Loma Mountains about 240 miles and, together with a smaller, parallel stream called Port Loko Creek, feeds into the giant
estuary known as the
Sierra Leone River or "Freetown harbor", the largest natural harbour in the African continent. Sierra Leone's capital city of
Freetown lies at the entrance to the Sierra Leone River, about 25 miles downstream from the mouth of the Rokel and Port Loko Creek.
Sierra Leone's equivalent of the British knighthood is called "Order of the Rokel."