Taraba (river)
| Taraba | ||
 The Taraba in the Benue catchment area (bottom center) |
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| Data | ||
| location |
 Nigeria
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| River system | Niger | |
| Drain over | Benue → Niger → Atlantic Ocean | |
| source | in Gashaka Gumti National Park | |
| muzzle | In the Benue coordinates: 8 ° 38 ′ 5 ″ N , 10 ° 15 ′ 5 ″ E 8 ° 38 ′ 5 ″ N , 10 ° 15 ′ 5 ″ E |
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| Mouth height |
99 m
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| Catchment area | about 20,600 km² | |
| Discharge at the Gassol A Eo gauge: 20,513 km² Location: 30 km above the mouth |
MQ 1955-1986 Mq 1955-1986 |
1791 m³ / s 87.3 l / (s km²) |
| Left tributaries | Gasabu | |
| Right tributaries | Came | |
 The confluence of the Taraba in the Benue with the town of Gassol in the south - east |
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The Taraba is a river in central Africa .
course
The origin of the Taraba lies west of the Cameroonian city of Kontcha in the Gashaka-Gumti National Park in the province of Taraba . Its catchment area extends to the border with Cameroon . Its main tributary is the Kam, which flows into it from the north.
Hydrometry
The flow rate of the river was measured in Gassol about 30 km before the mouth, i.e. the largest part of the catchment area. The mean runoff was 1791 m³ / s from 1955 to 1986.