Benue River

Summary

Benue River is a river^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of river entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (76 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Benue River is located in Kogi State^[3].
• Benue River is in the country of Cameroon^[4].
• Benue River is in the country of Nigeria^[5].
• Benue River's route map is recorded as Benuerivermap.png^[6].
• Benue River's image is recorded as Benue 10.38241E 8.69279N.jpg^[7].
• Benue River's image is recorded as River Benue (in Makurdi showing OLD Bridge).jpg^[8].
• Benue River's image is recorded as Benue SE Yola.jpg^[9].
• Benue River's image is recorded as River Benue (in Makurdi showing NEW Bridge).jpg^[10].
• Benue River's image is recorded as Ferrying a car across River Benue at Vandykia.jpg^[11].
• Benue River's continent is recorded as Africa^[12].
• Benue River's instance of is recorded as river^[13].
• Benue River's instance of is recorded as watercourse^[14].
• Benue River's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 307310271^[15].
• Benue River's GND ID is recorded as 1049347137^[16].
• Benue River's locator map image is recorded as Benuerivermap.png^[17].
• Benue River's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh88005232^[18].
• Benue River's has use is recorded as agriculture^[19].
• Benue River's Commons category is recorded as Benue River^[20].
• Benue River's OpenStreetMap relation ID is recorded as 1191132^[21].
• Benue River's mouth of the watercourse is recorded as Niger River^[22].
• Benue River's lake on watercourse is recorded as Lagdo Reservoir^[23].
• Benue River's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 7.783333, 'lon': 6.766667}^[24].
• Benue River's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/047b6z^[25].
• Benue River's origin of the watercourse is recorded as Adamawa Plateau^[26].
• Benue River's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Benue River^[27].

Body

Geography

Country listings include Cameroon^[4], a country^[28], in Cameroon^[29], founded in 1960^[30] and Nigeria^[5], a sovereign state^[31], in Nigeria^[32], founded in 1963^[33]. Benue River is located in Kogi State^[3]. Its continent is recorded as Africa^[12].

Physical Characteristics

Benue River's length is recorded as {'unit': 'Q828224', 'amount': '+1370'}^[34].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include river^[13] and watercourse^[14].

Cultural Significance

Things named for Benue River include Benue State^[35], a state of Nigeria^[36], in Nigeria^[37], founded in 1976^[38].

Why It Matters

Benue River ranks in the top 2% of river entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (76 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[39] It is known by 17 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[40]

Entities named for it include Benue State^[35], a state of Nigeria^[36], in Nigeria^[37], founded in 1976^[38].