Alibori (river)

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Alibori
River Niger Tributaries from Benin OSM.jpg
Data
location BeninBenin Benin
River system Niger
Drain over Niger  → Atlantic
source on the border of the two departments Atakora and Donga .
10 ° 5 ′ 30 "  N , 2 ° 5 ′ 31"  E
Source height 372  m
muzzle near Malanville in Niger Coordinates: 11 ° 56'8 "  N , 3 ° 16'56"  E 11 ° 56'8 "  N , 3 ° 16'56"  E
Mouth height 163  m
Height difference 209 m
Bottom slope about 0.51 ‰
length about 408 km
Catchment area 13,650 km²
Discharge at the gauge on the road from Kandi to Banikoara
A Eo : 8150 km²
MNQ 1952–1967
MQ 1952–1967
Mq 1952–1967
MHQ 1952–1967
HHQ (3.9.1963)
0 l / s
39.7 m³ / s
4.9 l / (s km²)
229 m³ / s
685 m³ / s
Right tributaries Souedarou, Darouwoka

The Alibori is a right tributary of the Niger in Benin . The Alibori department is named after him.

course

The 400 km long river has its source in the north-eastern center of Benin, on the border between the Atakora and Donga departments . It flows in a north-northeast direction. The Alibori flows into the Niger near Malanville .

Hydrometry

Average monthly flow through the Alibori at the hydrological station on the road from Kandi to Banikoara, at around 2/3 of the catchment area, measured in m³ / s.

Individual evidence

  1. US military maps via loadmap (sometimes not accessible)
  2. a b c d Monograph Hydrologique du Bassin du Niger