Pra River (Ghana)

Rising in the Kwahu Plateau near Mpraeso and flowing southward for 240 km (149.129 mi) through rich cocoa and farming areas and valuable forests in the Akan lowlands, the Pra enters the Gulf of Guinea east of Takoradi.

[1] In the 19th century, the Pra served as the border between the Ashanti Confederacy and the Gold Coast.

The Pra has many cataracts, notably the Bosomasi Rapids at Anyinabrim, and for most of its length is not navigable even by canoe.

However, in the early part of the twentieth century the Pra was used extensively to float timber to the coast for export.

The northern part of the Pra is still worked for artisan gold with metallic mercury, which has caused some contamination.