Well (river)

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Now
Labeled satellite image of the Niger Delta

Labeled satellite image of the Niger Delta

Data
location NigeriaNigeria Nigeria
River system Now
source Niger -Gabelung
5 ° 18 '30 "  N , 6 ° 25' 0"  O
muzzle Gulf of Guinea Coordinates: 4 ° 17 ′ 0 ″  N , 6 ° 4 ′ 0 ″  E 4 ° 17 ′ 0 ″  N , 6 ° 4 ′ 0 ″  E

length about 160 km
Small towns Odi 5 ° 11 '  N , 6 ° 18'  O , Kaiama
Navigable Completely

The Nun River is the eastern branch of the Niger River estuary , which forks into the Nun and Forcados rivers in the state of Bayelsa and flows into the Gulf of Guinea . There is a bridge at Kaiama .

The river became known in and outside Nigeria through the poem The Call of the River Nun by poet Gabriel Okara .

Individual evidence

  1. Gabriel Imomotime Okara: The Call of the River Nun ( Memento from January 3, 2015 in the Internet Archive )