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Benue River (French: la Bénoué), previously known as the Chadda River or Tchadda, is the major tributary of the Niger River. [2] The size of its catchment basin is 319,000 km 2 (123,000 sq mi). Almost its entire length of approximately 1,400 kilometres (870 mi) is navigable during the summer months.
Nigeria has two major rivers, the Niger, after which the country is named, and the Benue. They meet at the Lokoja confluence and enter the Gulf of Guinea through a network of creeks and distributaries which form the Niger Delta.
1 lip 2022 · Data such as river flow for Jimeta and Numan, and mean monthly water stage time series for three stations within Rivers Benue (at Jimeta), Belwa (at Dong) and Mayo Ini (at Ngurore West) reaches were obtained from the Upper Benue River Basin Development Authority, Yola and assessed.
21 wrz 2024 · Benue River, river in western Africa, longest tributary of the Niger, about 673 miles (1,083 km) in length. It rises in northern Cameroon as the Bénoué at about 4,400 feet (1,340 metres) and, in its first 150 miles (240 km), descends more than 2,000 feet (600 metres) over many falls and rapids, the
8 paź 2019 · The Benue River Basin (BRB), the second-largest river in Cameroon, is a perennial river in Northern Cameroon and holds huge water resource potential including hydropower, irrigation, and navigation due to the construction of the Lagdo dam and its hydropower plant in 1982.
26 wrz 2023 · The impact of climate change on river systems is a multifaceted threat to the environment, affecting various aspects of ecosystems. The Upper Benue River Basin (UBRB) in Nigeria is an area of concern, as river flow and water levels are crucial for irrigation and transportation.
Benue lub Bénoué – rzeka w zachodniej Afryce, w Kamerunie i Nigerii. Główny dopływ Nigru. Długa na około 1400 km. W porze deszczowej jest żeglowna aż do miasta Garoua. Z tego względu w miesiącach letnich staje się szlakiem transportowym.
