Nigeria · Rivers
Rivers in Nigeria
YearMaps maps 12 rivers in Nigeria. The full list follows.
How this list is built: Listed alphabetically. A river is listed where its mapped reach lies, so long rivers appear under more than one country. It covers the rivers indexed in YearMaps, drawn from open geospatial data, and is not an exhaustive national register.
- Rivers Listed
- 12
- With Full Profile
- 9
Linked to a detail page
| Name | Type | Also Flows Through |
|---|---|---|
| Bénoué | River | Cameroon |
| Benue | River | — |
| Bunga | River | — |
| Chari | River | Chad, Cameroon |
| Gongola | River | — |
| Hadejia | River | — |
| Kaduna | River | — |
| Komadugu Yobe | River | Niger, Chad |
| Mariga | River | — |
| Niger | River | Mali, Guinea, Niger, Benin |
| Ogun | River | — |
| Sokoto | River | — |
About the Rivers of Nigeria
The 9 rivers above with an encyclopedia article, in brief. Each name opens the river's full page, with its course on the map.
- Benue
- Benue River, previously known as the Chadda River or Tchadda, is the major tributary of the Niger River and also is the second-longest river in Nigeria. The size of its catchment basin is 319,000 km2. Almost its entire length of approximately 1,400 km is navigable during the summer months. (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0)
- Chari
- The Chari River, or Shari River, is a 1,400 kilometres long river, flowing in Central Africa. It is the main source of water of Lake Chad, which is located at the junction of four countries: Nigeria, Niger, Chad, and Cameroon. (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0)
- Gongola
- The Gongola River is in northeastern Nigeria, the principal tributary of the Benue River. (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0)
- Hadejia
- The Hadejia River is a river in Northern Nigeria and is a tributary of the Yobe River. (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0)
- Kaduna
- The Kaduna River is a tributary of the Niger River which flows for 550 kilometres through Nigeria. It got its name from the crocodiles that lived in the river and surrounding area. (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0)
- Komadugu Yobe
- The Yobe River, also known as the Komadougou Yobe also spelt Komadugu or the Komadougou-Yobe, is a river in West Africa that flows into Lake Chad through Nigeria and Niger. Its tributaries include the Hadejia River, the Jama'are River, and the Komadugu Gana River. (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0)
- Niger
- The Niger River is the main river of West Africa, extending about 4,180 kilometres. Its drainage basin is 2,117,700 km2 in area. Its source is in the Guinea Highlands in south-eastern Guinea near the Sierra Leone border. (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Quick Answers
- How many rivers are there in Nigeria?
- YearMaps lists 12 rivers for Nigeria. This is the number mapped in the atlas, not an official national count.
- Which rivers of Nigeria also flow through other countries?
- The Bénoué (also Cameroon); The Chari (also Chad, Cameroon); The Komadugu Yobe (also Niger, Chad); The Niger (also Mali, Guinea, Niger, Benin).