List of rivers in Nigeria

Nigeria topographically with the most important rivers

This is a list of the rivers in Nigeria . Nigeria is divided into two main catchment areas - that of Lake Chad and that of Niger. The Niger catchment area takes up about 63% of the country. The main tributary of the Niger is the Benue, whose tributaries extend beyond Cameroon to Chad and the Scharieinzu area. The Chad Basin is fed from the northeastern quarter of Nigeria. There are also numerous coastal rivers.

Niger

Benue and Niger with tributaries

Niger
- Escravos (Niger estuary)
- Forcados (Niger estuary)
- Well (Niger estuary)
- Anambra
- Yatau
- Gurara
  - Usama
- Moshi
- Oshin
- Oli

Sokoto

Sokoto catchment area

Sokoto
- Ka
- Zamfara
- Rima
  - Bunsuru
  - Gagere
  - Goulbi de Maradi
  - Mariga
  - Goulbi N'Kaba
  - Tarka

Kaduna

Kaduna catchment area

Kaduna
- Tubo
- Mariga
- Karami
- Galma
- Nabuhi

Need

Use catchment area

Need
- Katsina Ala
  - Metchum
- Donga
- Taraba
  - Came
- Pai
- Gongola
  - Hawal
    - Jamba
  - Gungeru
- Faro

Lake Chad

Komadugu Yobe river basin

Komadugu Yobe

Komadugu Yobe

Further Lake Chad tributaries

Lake Chad with tributaries

Cross River Estuary

Cross River

Coastal rivers

Southwest Nigeria with the coastal rivers

Imo River
- Aba River
Osun
- Oba
Ogun
- Oyan
Oni
Yewa

Further

Okpara (border river, flows into the Ouémé in Benin )

Catchment area distribution of the country in percent

Catchment area	Square kilometre	Percent of the country's area
Niger	584,404	63.3
Lake Chad	179,300	19.4
Cross River	40,300	4.4
Ogun	22,540	2.4
Ouémé (Okpara)	9,700	1.1
Imo	9,100	1.0
Osun	9,014	1.0
More coastal rivers	69,410	7.5
Nigeria overall	923,768	100

Individual evidence

↑ Fleuves Transfrontaliers Africains - Bilan Global. Office International De L'eau, accessed January 7, 2020 .

[1] Fleuves Transfrontaliers Africains - Bilan Global. Office International De L'eau, accessed January 7, 2020 .