Komadugu Gana River Explained

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]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Komadugu Yobe River Nigeria, Chad, Benue Britannica . 2023-07-10 . www.britannica.com . en . 2023-07-07 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230707162049/https://www.britannica.com/place/Komadugu-Yobe-River . live .
  2. Mortimore, Michael. Adapting to Drought: Farmers, Famines, and Desertification in West Africa, 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, in Hydro-ecology: Linking Hydrology and Aquatic Ecology, p. 101, 104 (2001) (Acreman, M.C., ed.)
  4. http://data.iucn.org/dbtw-wpd/edocs/Rep-2011-009.pdf Komadugu Yobe Basin,upstream of Lake Chad, Nigeria, WANI Case Study
  5. (24 May 1998). 6,000-Year-Old Canoe To Be Removed, Associated Press

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