Benue River
Benue River, previously known as the Chadda River or Tchadda, is the major tributary of the Niger River and also is the second-longest river in Nigeria.
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
- Type: Stream
- Description: tributary of the Niger River in Cameroon and Nigeria
- Also known as: “A̱ghyui Binuwe”, “A̱ghyui Ca̱da”, “Benoue”, “Benuë”, “Bénué”, “Benuefloden”, “Binue”, “Binuë”, “Chadda River”, “Mto Benue”, “Odò Benue”, “River Benue”, “Tchadda River”, “بنوي”, and “رود بنوئه”
Photo: Puncsos, Public domain.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Lokoja.
Benue River
- Categories: river, watercourse, and body of water
- Location: Kogi State, North Central Nigeria, Nigeria, West Africa, Africa
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
7.78618° or 7° 47′ 10″ north
Longitude
6.76314° or 6° 45′ 47″ east
Elevation
35 metres (115 feet)
Open location code
6FV8QQP7+F7
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Benue River” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Benuerivier”
- Arabic: “نهر بنوي”
- Armenian: “Բենուե”
- Asturian: “Ríu Benue”
- Bashkir: “Бенуэ”
- Basque: “Benue ibaia”
- Basque: “Benue”
- Belarusian: “Бенуэ”
- Belarusian: “Бэнуэ”
- Bosnian: “Benue”
- Bulgarian: “Бенуе”
- Catalan: “riu Benue”
- Catalan: “Riu Benue”
- Cebuano: “Benue River”
- Chinese: “貝努埃河”
- Chinese: “贝努埃河”
- Chuvash: “Бенуэ”
- Croatian: “Benue”
- Czech: “Benue”
- Dagbani: “Benue Mɔɣili”
- Dagbani: “Benue River”
- Danish: “Benue”
- Dutch: “Benue”
- Egyptian Arabic: “نهر بنوى”
- Esperanto: “Benue”
- Estonian: “Benue jõgi”
- Fiji Hindi: “Benue Naddi”
- Finnish: “Benue”
- French: “Bénoué”
- Fulah: “Maayo Benuwe”
- Galician: “río Benue”
- Galician: “Río Benue”
- Georgian: “ბენუე”
- German: “Benue”
- Ghanaian Pidgin English: “Benue River”
- Hausa: “Benue”
- Hebrew: “בנואה”
- Hebrew: “נהר בנו”
- Hungarian: “Benue”
- Icelandic: “Benúe-fljót”
- Igbo: “Osimiri Benue”
- Indonesian: “Sungai Benue”
- Irish: “Benue”
- Italian: “Benue”
- Japanese: “ベヌエ川”
- Korean: “베누에강”
- Latin: “Benue”
- Latvian: “Benue”
- Lithuanian: “Benuė”
- Lithuanian: “Benujė”
- Malagasy: “Benue (ony)”
- Malagasy: “Benue”
- Malayalam: “ബെനുഎ”
- Mingrelian: “ბენუე”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Benue”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Benue”
- Norwegian: “Benue”
- Nyanja: “Mtsinje wa Benue”
- Obolo: “Okwaan̄ Benuwe”
- Persian: “بنوئه”
- Polish: “Benue”
- Portuguese: “Rio Benue”
- Portuguese: “Rio Benué”
- Russian: “Бенуэ”
- Serbian: “Benue”
- Serbian: “Бенуе”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Benue”
- Slovenian: “Benue”
- Spanish: “Río Benue”
- Swahili: “Benue”
- Swedish: “Benue”
- Tatar: “Бенуэ”
- Tswana: “Noka ya Benue”
- Turkish: “Benue”
- Tyap: “A̱ghyui Benuwe”
- Ukrainian: “Бенуе”
- Urdu: “دریائے بینوے”
- Venetian: “Fiume Benue”
- Vietnamese: “Sông Benue”
- Waray (Philippines): “Salog Benué”
- Western Frisian: “Benue”
- Western Panjabi: “دریائے بینوے”
- Wu Chinese: “贝努埃河”
- Yoruba: “Odò Bẹ́núé”
- Yue Chinese: “貝努埃河”
Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Atakpa and Numai.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Pati Ridge Hill and Swamp Forest Reserve.
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