Bouche du Roy

The Bouche du Roy is an estuary in Benin where the Mono River, Grand-Popo lagoon, and Lake Ahémé flow into the Gulf of Guinea.

The name Bouche du Roy is a gallicization of the Portuguese phrase Boca do rio (mouth of the river).

[4] The higher water level turns flooded land into swamps and sometimes creates temporary outlets along the sandspit from the lagoon into the ocean.

[5] During dry seasons, the Bouche du Roy serves as an inlet for the sea and bodies of water upstream would harbor saltwater fish.

[1] The piece La Bouche du Roi by Beninese artist Romuald Hazoumè is named after this estuary.