Imo River

The Imo River is a major inter-state river system located in southeastern , flowing 240 kilometres from its source in Imo State through Abia, Rivers, and Akwa Ibom states before emptying into the Atlantic Ocean.
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Photo: Emmanuel Obiajulu, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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  • Type: Stream
  • Description: river in Nigeria
  • Also known as: “Opobo River”
Photo: 掬茶, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Imo River

Latitude
4.4718° or 4° 28′ 19″ north
Longitude
7.59297° or 7° 35′ 35″ east
Open location code
6FP9FHCV+P5
Geo­Names ID
2337547
Wiki­data ID
Q4786973
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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”
  • Croatian: “Imo (rijeka)”
  • Croatian: “Imo”
  • Dagbani: “Imo Mɔɣili”
  • Dagbani: “Imo River”
  • French: “Imo”
  • Fulah: “Maayo Imo”
  • German: “Imo River”
  • German: “Imo”
  • Ghanaian Pidgin English: “Imo River”
  • Hausa: “Kogin Imo”
  • Igbo: “Imo River”
  • Irish: “Abhainn Imo”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Imo”
  • Portuguese: “Rio Imo”
  • Russian: “Имо”
  • Somali: “Webiga Imo”
  • Spanish: “río Imo”
  • Spanish: “Río Imo”
  • Swahili: “Mto Imo”
  • Tyap: “A̱ghyui Imo”
  • Ukrainian: “Імо (річка)”
  • Welsh: “Afon Imo”

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