Osun River
The Oṣun River, Yoruba: Odò Ọ̀ṣun, is a river of Yorubaland that rises in Ekiti State and flows westwards into Osun State before turning southwestwards at its confluence with the Erinle River near the town of Ede and then heading south at the Asejire…| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Stream
- Description: river in Nigeria
- Also known as: “Awba”, “Awbe”, “Oshun”, “Oshun River”, and “River Oshun”
Osun River
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: Nigeria, West Africa, Africa
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Satellite Map
Discover Osun River from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Asturian to Welsh—“Osun River” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Ríu Oshun”
- Catalan: “riu Osun”
- Catalan: “Riu Osun”
- Cebuano: “River Osun”
- Chinese: “奥顺河”
- Chinese: “奧孫河”
- French: “Río Oshun”
- French: “Rio Osun”
- German: “Osun”
- Hausa: “Kogin Osun”
- Igbo: “Osimiri Osun”
- Irish: “Abhainn Oshun”
- Japanese: “オシュン川”
- Mingrelian: “ოსუნი (წყარმალუ)”
- Mingrelian: “ოსუნი”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Osun”
- Portuguese: “Rio Osun”
- Portuguese: “Rio Oxum”
- Russian: “Ошун”
- South Azerbaijani: “اوسون چایی”
- Spanish: “Rio Oshun”
- Spanish: “Río Oshun”
- Spanish: “Rio Osun”
- Spanish: “Río Osún”
- Swahili: “Mto Osun”
- Ukrainian: “Осун”
- Ukrainian: “Ошун”
- Venetian: “Fiume Oshun”
- Welsh: “Afon Oshun”
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