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Benue River (French: la Bénoué), previously known as the Chadda River or Tchadda, is a 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 .
The most important tributary is the Benue River which merges with the Niger at Lokoja in Nigeria. The total volume of tributaries in Nigeria is six times higher than the inflow into Nigeria, with a flow near the mouth of the river standing at 177.0 km 3 /year before the 1980s and 147.3 km 3 /year during the 1980s. [3]
Sketch map of Benue Trough. The trough has its southern limit at the northern boundary of the Niger Delta, where it dips down and is overlaid with Tertiary and more recent sediments. It extends in a northeasterly direction to the Chad Basin, and is about 150 km wide. The trough is arbitrarily divided into lower, middle and upper regions, and ...
Niger River [3] Escravos River (distributary) Forcados River ... New Calabar River (distributary) Anambra River; Benue River; Okwa River; Mada River; Katsina Ala ...
This is a list of the Tributaries of the Niger River. They are listed by nation, at the point they converge into the Niger. They are listed by nation, at the point they converge into the Niger. This list is incomplete ; you can help by adding missing items .
Much of Benue State falls within the Benue Valley/trough which is believed to be structurally developed. During the Tertiary and possibly the Interglacial periods of the Quaternary glaciation, the Benue and Niger Valleys, otherwise known as the Niger/Benue trough, were transgressed by the waters of the Atlantic Ocean. As a result, marine ...
River Niger Bridge: Truss Steel: Asaba-Agbor Highway A232 Niger River. 1965: Onitsha ... Benue River. Yola Adamawa State: References. Nicolas ...
Lokoja is a north-central city in Nigeria. [2] It lies at the confluence of the Niger and Benue rivers and is the capital city of Kogi State. [3] While the Bassa Nge, Yoruba and Nupe [4] are indigenous to the area, other ethnic groups, including the Kupa-Nupe, Hausa, Ebira, Igala, Igbo, Bini/Edo, and Tiv [4] have recently established themselves.