Komadugu Gana River

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The Komadugu Gana River or Misau River is a river in the Chad Basin [1] in northeastern Nigeria that joins the Yobe River at Damasak, in the Mobbar Local Government Area of Borno State. [2] It rises north of Bauchi. [3]

According to a 2011 report by the International Union for Conservation of Nature, the water flow of the river no longer reaches the Yobe. [4]

The 8,500-year-old Dufuna canoe was discovered during a dig near the river in 1987 in the Fune Local Government Area. [5]

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References

  1. "Komadugu Yobe River | Nigeria, Chad, Benue | Britannica". www.britannica.com. Archived from the original on 2023-07-07. Retrieved 2023-07-10.
  2. Mortimore, Michael. Adapting to Drought: Farmers, Famines, and Desertification in West Africa Archived 2024-04-28 at the Wayback Machine , p. 244 (1989)(note 3 notes that the Komadugu Gana joins the Yobe at Damasak)
  3. Oyebande, Lekan. Streamflow regime change and the ecological response in the Lake Chad basin in Nigeria Archived 2024-04-28 at the Wayback Machine , in Hydro-ecology: Linking Hydrology and Aquatic Ecology , p. 101, 104 (2001) (Acreman, M.C., ed.)
  4. Komadugu Yobe Basin,upstream of Lake Chad, Nigeria, WANI Case Study Archived 2012-05-13 at the Wayback Machine , IUCN, Report 2011-009
  5. (24 May 1998). 6,000-Year-Old Canoe To Be Removed Archived 2023-01-06 at the Wayback Machine , Associated Press