Komadugu Gana River

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

Catchment area of the Yobe River

According to a 2011 report by the International Union for Conservation of Nature, the water flow of the river no longer reaches the Yobe.[3]

The 8,500-year-old Dufuna canoe was discovered during a dig near the river in 1987 in the Fune Local Government Area.[4]

References
  1. 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)
  2. 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.)
  3. Komadugu Yobe Basin,upstream of Lake Chad, Nigeria, WANI Case Study, IUCN, Report 2011-009
  4. (24 May 1998). 6,000-Year-Old Canoe To Be Removed, Associated Press

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