Katsina Ala River
The Katsina Ala is a river in central Nigeria, located within its Middle Belt. It serves as a major tributary of the Benue River in Nigeria. The source of the river is found in the Bamenda highlands in northwestern Cameroon.
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.- Type: Stream
- Description: river in Nigeria
- Also known as: “Katsena”, “Katsena Ala”, “Katsena-Allah”, “Kumbi”, “Ntchouo”, and “River Katsina”
Katsina Ala River
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: Nigeria, West Africa, Africa
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Latitude
7.7998° or 7° 47′ 59″ north
Longitude
8.8704° or 8° 52′ 13″ east
Elevation
69 metres (226 feet)
Open location code
6FVCQVXC+W5
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Welsh—“Katsina Ala River” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Ríu Katsina Ala”
- Cebuano: “River Katsina-Ala”
- Chinese: “卡齊納阿拉河”
- French: “Katsina Ala”
- French: “Katsina”
- Fulah: “Maayo Katsina Ala”
- German: “Katsina Ala”
- Hausa: “Kogin Katsina Ala”
- Igbo: “Katsina Ala River”
- Irish: “Abhainn Katsina Ala”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Katsina Ala”
- Tswana: “Noka ya Katsina Ala”
- Uzbek: “Katsina Ala daryosi”
- Welsh: “Afon Katsina Ala”
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