Imo River
The Imo River is located in southeastern Nigeria and flows 240 kilometres into the Atlantic Ocean. In Akwa Ibom State, the river is known as Imoh River, that is, Inyang Imoh, which translates to River of Wealth.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Emmanuel Obiajulu, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Stream
- Description: river in Nigeria
- Also known as: “Opobo River”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Opobo.
Opobo
Photo: Aghogho Otega, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Opobo is a community in Rivers state, South South region of Nigeria. Opobo is divided into 14 sections, made up of 67 war canoe houses. The 14 sections are Adibie, Biriye, Diepiri, Dapu, Dappa Ye Amakiri, Epelle, Fubarakworo, Iroanya, Jaja, Kalaomuso, Ukonu, Kiepirima, Owujie, and Tolofari.
Imo River
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: Nigeria, West Africa, Africa
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Welsh—“Imo River” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “نهر إمو”
- Cebuano: “Imo River”
- Chinese: “伊莫河”
- French: “Imo”
- Fulah: “Maayo Imo”
- German: “Imo River”
- Hausa: “Kogin Imo”
- Igbo: “Imo River”
- Irish: “Abhainn Imo”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Imo”
- Portuguese: “Rio Imo”
- Russian: “Имо”
- Spanish: “río Imo”
- Spanish: “Río Imo”
- Swahili: “Mto Imo”
- Ukrainian: “Імо (річка)”
- Welsh: “Afon Imo”
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About Mapcarta. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Imo River”. Photo: Emmanuel Obiajulu, CC BY-SA 4.0.