Kaduna (river)

Kaduna
Data
location	Nigeria
River system	Niger
Drain over	Niger  → Atlantic Ocean
source	On the Jos Plateau , about 30 km south of Jos 9 ° 41 ′ 0 ″  N , 8 ° 44 ′ 0 ″  E
Source height	about  1300  m
muzzle	in the Niger coordinates: 8 ° 44 ′ 27 "  N , 5 ° 48 ′ 15"  E 8 ° 44 ′ 27 "  N , 5 ° 48 ′ 15"  E
Mouth height	56  m
Height difference	about 1244 m
Bottom slope	about 2.2 ‰
length	575 km
Catchment area	66,300 km²
Discharge at gauge Wuya Bridge A Eo : 65,530 km² Location: 60 km above the estuary	NNQ MNQ MQ Mq MHQ HHQ (Sept. 1954)	4 m³ / s 9.9 m³ / s 596 m³ / s 9.1 l / (s km²) 2591 m³ / s 3541 m³ / s
Left tributaries	Nabuhi
Right tributaries	Karami , Galma , Tubo , Mariga
Reservoirs flowed through	Shiroro Reservoir
Big cities	Kaduna
View of the river

The Kaduna is a river in northwestern Nigeria .

course

It rises on the Jos plateau, about 30 km south of the city of Jos . It initially flows northwest and turns to southwest near the city of Kaduna . After a flow distance of 348 km it is dammed up to the Shiroro Reservoir . Currently (as of 2019) another hydropower plant is being built near Zungeru , 77 km below . It should have an output of 700 MW; the dam is to form the largest reservoir in Nigeria.

environmental Protection

In particular, through the Galma River and the city of Zaria , which lies on it, industrial wastewater is brought into the Kaduna catchment area, which above all brings with it increased levels of heavy metals.

Hydrometry

The flow rate of the river was measured in m³ / s shortly before the mouth at the Wuya Bridge gauge:

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c} Fishery Resources of Nigerian Inland Waters
2. ^ A Preliminary Study of the Runoff Characteristics of the Kaduna Basin
3. ↑ SAHARA REPORTERS - Funds May Stall Zungeru Power Project, Says Ministry Of Power
4. ↑ The impact of industrial effluents from Dakace industrial area on the physicochemical properties of River Galma, Zaria, Nigeria
5. ^ Impacts of Urbanization on Kaduna River Flooding and Streamflow Modeling