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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. [3] [1] As a result, it is an important transportation route in the regions through which it ...
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The Benue River is a river in Africa. It is the major...
- Benue River - Simple English Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Katsina Ala (or Katsina-Ala) is a river in central Nigeria, located within its Middle Belt. It serves as a major tributary of the Benue River in Nigeria. The source of the river is found in the Bamenda highlands in northwestern Cameroon. [1]
The Benue River is a river in Africa. It is the major tributary of the Niger River. The river is about 1,400 km long. People can travel on it for nearly the whole length in the summer months. It is an important transportation route in the places it flows through. It starts in the Adamawa Plateau of northern Cameroon.
The Benue Trough is a major geological structure underlying a large part of Nigeria and extending about 1,000 km northeast from the Bight of Benin to Lake Chad. It is part of the broader West and Central African Rift System .
The Gongola River is in northeastern Nigeria, the principal tributary of the Benue River. [1] The upper course of the river as well as most of its tributaries are seasonal streams, but fill rapidly in August and September. [2]
Benue may refer to: Benue River, a river in Cameroon and Nigeria. Benue State, a state in Nigeria. Benue-Plateau State, a former administrative division in Nigeria. Benue Trough, a major geological formation in Nigeria. Benue–Congo languages, a major language group in Africa.
The Benue rises in the Adamawa Plateau of northern Cameroon, from where it flows west, and through the town of Garoua and Lagdo Reservoir, into Nigeria south of the Mandara mountains, and through Jimeta, Ibi and Makurdi before meeting the Niger River at Lokoja.
