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]
References
edit- ^ "Komadugu Yobe River | Nigeria, Chad, Benue | Britannica". www.britannica.com. Archived from the original on 2023-07-07. Retrieved 2023-07-10.
- ^ 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)
- ^ 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.)
- ^ Komadugu Yobe Basin,upstream of Lake Chad, Nigeria, WANI Case Study Archived 2012-05-13 at the Wayback Machine, IUCN, Report 2011-009
- ^ (24 May 1998). 6,000-Year-Old Canoe To Be Removed Archived 2023-01-06 at the Wayback Machine, Associated Press