Kaduna River

River in Nigeria

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Kaduna River

Location
Countries|

* Nigeria

Physical characteristics
Mouth| Niger River
Length| 550 km (340 mi)
Basin size| 65,878 km2 (25,436 sq mi)
Discharge|
• average| 523 m3/s (18,500 cu ft/s)
Kaduna River system Kaduna River, view from the Sea Breeze, Kaduna, 2007

The Kaduna River is a tributary of the Niger River which flows for 550 kilometres (340 mi) through Nigeria.[1] It got its name from the crocodiles that lived in the river and surrounding area.[2] Kaduna in the native dialect, Hausa, was the word for "crocodiles".[3] It starts in Plateau State on the Jos Plateau 29 kilometres (18 mi) southwest of Jos town, flows through its namesake Kaduna State and through its capital Kaduna, and meets the Niger River in Niger State. Most of its course passes through open savanna woodland, but its lower section has cut several gorges above its entrance into the extensive Niger floodplains.[4] The river is used for fishing and transport of local produce.

## Pollution

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Urban and industrial wastes have been linked to elevated temperatures and heavy metal concentrations in the River Kaduna (Arah, 1985). Untreated industrial wastes that are carelessly dumped directly or indirectly into River Kaduna's inflow wastewaters have been determined to be a source of pollution.[5][6]

## Flooding

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Due to recurring floods in Kaduna, the federal government established a flood control project.[7] In 2022, flooding from the Kaduna river caused significant property damage to the surrounding area.[8] In November 2022, two teenagers identified as Zakaria Aliyu Yahaya and Yusuf Abdullahi, aged 17 and 16 of the Government Secondary School in Zaria, reportedly drowned while swimming in the Kogin Mutuwa in Kaduna.[9]

## Climate

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Yearly temperature in Kaduna is 25.2 °C | 77.4 °F. Around 998 mm | 39.3 inch of precipitation falls every year. Over the course of the year, the temperature typically varies from 55 °F to 95 °F and is rarely below 50 °F or above 102 °F. Because of its nearness to the equator.[10]

The wet season is warm, oppressive, and overcast and the dry season is hot and partly cloudy. It is very difficult to portray summers in Kaduna definitively. The time of January, February, Walk, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December is generally viewed as the best season for Holiday visitation or visits.[11]

## See also

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* Zungeru

## References

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1. ^ "Figure 1: Map of River Kaduna within Kaduna metropolis". ResearchGate. Archived from the original on 2023-07-02. Retrieved 2025-06-26.
2. ^ "Kaduna river".
3. ^ "On-line Bargery Hausa-English Dictionary". Retrieved 2009-07-09.
4. ^ Kaduna River, Nigeria, on britannica.com
5. ^ Isenyo, Godwin (2022-04-21). "Kaduna govt reintroduces monthly sanitation, plans plastic container ban". Punch Newspapers. Retrieved 2023-07-15.
6. ^ "Kaduna to introduce electric tricycles, ban plastic containers". Tribune Online. 2022-04-22. Retrieved 2023-07-15.
7. ^ Aodu, AbdulRaheem (2020-09-29). "FG plans flood control project in Kaduna - Blueprint Newspapers". Retrieved 2023-07-07.
8. ^ Benjamin, Isaiah (2022-08-09). "Flood: UNICEF, Red Cross Lift 5,000 Kaduna Households With N175m". Retrieved 2023-08-24.
9. ^ "Two Boys Reportedly Drown In Kaduna River – Independent Newspaper Nigeria". 2022-11-01. Retrieved 2023-07-05.
10. ^ "Kaduna Climate, Weather By Month, Average Temperature (Nigeria) - Weather Spark". weatherspark.com. Retrieved 2023-09-20.
11. ^ "Kaduna climate: Temperature Kaduna & Weather By Month". en.climate-data.org. Retrieved 2023-09-20.

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Niger River

Countries|

* Guinea
* Mali
* Niger
* Benin
* Nigeria

Sections|

* Source of the Niger
* Middle Niger
* Inner Niger Delta
* Lower Niger
* Niger Delta

Tributaries (list) and
distributaries|

* Tinkisso River
* Sankarani River
* Milo River
* Bani River
* Mekrou River
* Alibori River
* Sokoto River
* Sota River
* Kaduna River
* Benue River
* Anambra River
* Forcados River
* Nun River
* Brass River

Cities|

* Siguiri
* Bamako
* Segou
* Mopti
* Timbuktu
* Gao
* Niamey
* Lokoja
* Onitsha

Lakes|

* Kainji Lake
* Lac Debo

Dams and bridges|

* King Fahd Bridge
* Martyrs Bridge
* Markala Dam
* Gao Bridge
* Kennedy Bridge
* Kainji Dam
* Jebba Dam
* River Niger Bridge (Onitsha)

Protected areas|

* Niger Basin Authority
* National Park of Upper Niger
* W National Park
* Kainji National Park

Disasters|

* Kebbi boat disaster
* Kwara boat disaster
* Ogbaru boat disaster

Authority control databases

International|

* VIAF

Other|

* Yale LUX

8°44′40″N 5°47′59″E﻿ / ﻿8.744479°N 5.799589°E﻿ / 8.744479; 5.799589

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