The County is situated 320 kilometers southeast of Monrovia, lying at 5 degrees 36’23N and 9 degrees 39’ 31W, with an average altitude of 84 meters. River Cess has an area of 5,263.4 square kilometers and a coastline of 62 kilometers. The area is bound by the counties of Grand Bassa in the west, Nimba and Grand Gedeh in the North, Sinoe in the Southeast, and the Atlantic Ocean in the South.