Benue
7 47 '00 "N 6 45' 00" E / 7.78333, 6.75
| Benue | |
|---|---|
 Benue, looking toward the southeast from Jimeta. | |
| Features | |
| Length | 1 370 km |
| Basin | ? km 2 |
| Sump | Niger |
| Average Flow | ? m 3 s -1 |
| Courses | |
| Flows into | the Atlantic Ocean |
| Geography | |
| Countries crossed | Cameroon - Nigeria |
Benue (also written by the Benue Africanist spelling) is a river of Africa and the main tributary of the River Niger.
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The river is about 1400 km long. It rises in the mountains of Adamawa in northern Cameroon , then headed west to Nigeria through the town of Garoua , before flowing into the Niger at Lokoja , just south of Abuja. At its upstream in the Adamawa , her bed has carved a canyon into the cliff, then crosses the National Park Boubandjida and reached the area of Garoua. Flora present in his section collected more similar to that in some places forests encountered in the south, in contrast to the flora of the plateau which is a savanna woodland and flora of the plains, trees and nature shrub.
The Benue National Park remains to be discovered.
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Bibliography
- Fritz Bauer, the German expedition: Niger, Benue, Lake Chad, 1902-1903 (translated from German and introduced by Eldridge Mohammadou), Karthala, 2002, 186 p. ( ISBN 2-8458-6283-0 )
- Jean Boulet, Countries of the Benue, ORSTOM, Yaound, 1972, 134 p.
- Samuel Ndembou, Rural Development in the plains of the Benue River (Cameroon): geographical changes and permanence, University of Paris 1, 1998 (revised thesis published in 2003, 574 p.)
- Alfred Stauch, Cameroon The basin of the Benue and its fishing, ORSTOM, Paris, 1966, 152 p.
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