Kolenté River

{{Short description|River in Guinea and Sierra Leone}}

{{Infobox river

| name = Great Scarcies

| name_other = Kolenté

| image = Great Scarcies Basin OSM.svg

| image_size = 250px

| image_caption = Map of the Great Scarcies River Basin

| map =

| map_size =

| map_caption =

| source1_location = Fouta Djallon, Guinea

| subdivision_type1 = Countries

| subdivision_name1 = {{hlist|Guinea|Sierra Leone}}

| length_km = 257

| length_ref = {{cite web|url=https://www.riversnetwork.org/V1/index.php/component/content/?view=article&id=157&catid=209&Itemid=179|title=North Africa-West Coast}}

| discharge1_location=Near mouth

| discharge1_avg =(Period: 1979–2015) {{cvt|13.37|km3/year|m3/s|abbr=on}}{{cite web|url=http://twap-rivers.org/indicators|title=River Basins}}

| mouth_location = Atlantic Ocean

| mouth_coordinates ={{coord|8|54|00|N|13|11|00|W|display=inline}}

| river_system= Great Scarcies River

| tributaries_left=

| tributaries_right=

| basin_size_km2 = 7,832

| basin_size_ref = {{cite web|url=http://twap-rivers.org/indicators|title=River Basins}}

}}

The Kolenté River (also known as the Great Scarcies River) is a river in Guinea and Sierra Leone. The river forms a portion of the international border between the two countries. It empties into the Atlantic Ocean at Barlo Point, Sierra Leone. In Guinea, it is known as the Kolenté and in Sierra Leone, it is known as the Great Scarcies.

The Little Scarcies River empties into the same bay of the Atlantic Ocean just to the south of the Great Scarcies River. This area was settled by the Temne people who migrated from Futa Jalon to the north.{{cite book|last=Fyfe|first=Christopher|title=A Short History of Sierra Leone|year=1962|publisher=Longmans|location=London}}