Gongola

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Gongola
The gongola

The gongola

Data
location NigeriaNigeria Nigeria
states: Plateau , Bauchi , Gombe , Adamawa
River system Niger
Drain over Benue  → Niger  → Atlantic Ocean
origin Southeast of Jos
muzzle at Numan in the Benue coordinates: 9 ° 30 ′ 0 ″  N , 12 ° 4 ′ 0 ″  E 9 ° 30 ′ 0 ″  N , 12 ° 4 ′ 0 ″  E

length 531 km
Catchment area 56,000 km²
Reservoirs flowed through Kiri Reservoir, Dadin Kowa Reservoir
Medium-sized cities Nafada

The Gongola is a river in central eastern Nigeria .

course

It flows through the states of Plateau , Bauchi , Gombe , Adamawa . With a length of approx. 531 km, it is the longest tributary of the Benue and thus belongs to the water catchment area of the largest West African river , the Niger .

The Gongola has a water catchment area of ​​approx. 56,000 km² and rises southeast of the city of Jos , in the central abdominal plateau . It flows from its source, the confluence of the rivers Lere and Maijuju, in a north-easterly direction and overcomes several waterfalls before it leaves the plateau to change its direction of flow from northeast to southeast in a large loop near Nafada . The Gongola generally flows through a drier region of the greater Sudan , in which approx. 650 mm of precipitation fall per year. At its middle and lower reaches it unites with its largest tributaries, the Hawal and the Gungeru , both of which arise from the volcanic Biu plateau . The Gongola flows into the Benue opposite Numan .

Reservoirs

The Dadin Kowa Reservoir and the Kiri Reservoir were built on the lower reaches of the Gongola and put into operation in 1984. Both are mainly used to irrigate agricultural projects that grow cotton , peanuts and sorghum .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Oliver N. Maitera and Ismaila Y. Sudi: An assessment of total coliform levels of some portions of River Gongola in Adamawa State, Nigeria (PDF document; 98 kB) (English)
  2. ↑ The Gongola on Academic Dictionaries and Encyclopedias (English)
  3. ↑ Abdullahi Liman Tukur and Aishatu Muhammed Mubi: Impact of Kiri dam on the lower reaches of river Gongola, Nigeria published in GeoJournal Vol. 56, no. 2 (2002), pages 93-96 (English)
  4. ↑ Physical Settings of Gombe State in Nigeria online (English)