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Map of Benin showing the main rivers and tributeries. This is a list of rivers in Benin. This list is arranged west to east by drainage basin, with respective tributaries indented under each larger stream's name. Volta River (Ghana) Oti River. Kara River; Pendjari River; Mono River. Couffo River (Kouffo River) Ouémé River. Zou River. Agbado ...
This is a list of the extreme points of Benin, the points that are farther north, south, east or west than any other location. Northernmost point – the confluence of the Mékrou River and the river Niger on the border with Niger , Alibori Department
The border starts in the north at the tripoint with Niger in the Niger River and then proceeds in a roughly south-to-southwesterly direction overland, before reaching the Okpara River just east of Waria. The border then proceeds to the south, utilising the Okpara for circa 100 miles, various small streams, and several overland sections, before ...
This is a List of international river borders. Rivers that form any portion of the border between two countries minimum: Rivers that form any portion of the border between two countries minimum: By region
The location of Benin An enlargeable map of Benin. The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Benin: . Benin – country in West Africa. [1] It borders Togo to the west, Nigeria to the east and Burkina Faso and Niger to the north; its short coastline to the south leads to the Bight of Benin.
The Benin River is a river that flows through the south west of Nigeria. [1] [2]The river starts under the name "Ethiope" in the south east of the state, Edo.Subsequently, it runs through various cities and villages, such as Umutu, Owah Abbi, Obiaruku, Abraka, Igun Watershed, Idjerhe Kingdom, Sapele, Mosogar and Koko.
The Benin–Niger border starts in the north-west at the tripoint with Burkina Faso in the Mékrou River, then follows this river in a north-eastwards direction before reaching the Niger River. The border then follows the Niger River south-eastwards to the Nigerian tripoint. [2] The entire Mékrou river section of the boundary falls within the ...
The colony of Dahomey (the former name of Benin) was declared in 1894, and later included within the much larger federal colony of French West Africa (Afrique occidentale française, abbreviated AOF) in 1899. [3] [2] The 1880s saw an intense competition for territory in Africa by the European powers, a process known as the ‘Scramble for ...