The major subbasins of the volta include the black and white volta rivers, the oti river and the lower volta, including lake volta. The basin is bounded to the south by the niger delta basin hinge line. The main oil source formations of the anambra basin, southeastern nigeria. Abstract in this study, volume equations were developed for afi river forest reserve in cross river state, nigeria. Analysisdone onthe geothermal gradientsof thisregionrevealedthat mostparts of the asu river group have the potential of generatingoil andgas,while partsof nkporoshale,awguformation,and. River basin development authorities in nigeria are government agencies involved in the. Subsurface evaluation of source rock and hydrocarbon potential of the anambra basin, south eastern nigeria.
When prodded on the issue of flood control, which the river basins development authorities, rbdas, act chapter r9 laws of the federation. List of rivers of nigeria simple english wikipedia, the. Older sedimentary deposits were not preserved, probably because during the paleozoic early mesozoic, what is now nigeria was a broad regional basement uplift, with no major basin subsi. Nigeria instates river basin bot to restore water projects in. Water resources management institutions in nigeria. Nnpc frustrating development of inland oil basins apibonn. The niger river basin is the largest basin in west africa.
A critical assessment of the inland waterways operations. Oil seepages have also been reported from parts of the basin. River basin development planning and management redac, usm. Francis obiwe, deputy director, river basin operations in the ministry, told news agency of nigeria in abuja on tuesday that the processes were part of the blueprint and action plan developed to. Comparative analysis of groundwater recharge estimation value obtained using empirical methods in ogun and oshun river basins oke, m.
This paper examines the implementation of integrated water resources management iwrm in the. Water, agriculture and poverty in the niger river basin. Its members include benin, burkina faso, cameroon, chad, ivory coast, guinea, mali, niger, and nigeria. Draft 2, federal ministry of water resources, abuja. River basin definition of river basin by the free dictionary. In addition, the low drainage density value obtained 0. Integrated water resources management in the cross river basin, nigeria. Sedimentological attributes and stratigraphic of nanka formation, anambra basin,nigeria acra 2e.
Source book international network of basin organizations. Identification of soil erosion types in nyaba river basin of enugu. Multistage sampling technique was used for the study. Older sedimentary deposits were not preserved, probably because during the paleozoic early mesozoic, what is now nigeria was a broad regional basement uplift, with no major basin subsi dence for sediment accumulation. Pdf a comprehensive collation of river basins in nigeria. The training of staff for the running and maintenance of rural development schemes and for general extension work at the village level source. All structured data from the file and property namespaces is available under the creative commons cc0 license. Using this item and referring to it is encouraged, and please use it in presentations, web pages, newspapers, blogs and reports. Column chances are that as you are reading this discourse, the new board of directors of the 12 nigerian river basins development authorities are being inaugurated by agriculture and water.
Passengers in nigeria taking ferries to cross lake chad, whose shoreline is. This paper examines the implementation of integrated water resources management iwrm in the cross river basin, nigeria. Comparing africas shared river basins the limpopo, orange. P4and itiowe k5 1,5department of geology, university of port harcourt, port harcourt, nigeria 2 dept. These keywords were added by machine and not by the authors. Overview of niger river basin countries and basin history the niger river basin is an extraordinary asset for the nine countries that are within its watershed and for the broader west and central africa region.
Estimation of design flood hydrographs for osun river at iwo. There are threats to river basin in nigeria and the commonest include. Key words river basins, planning, management, holistic approach. The mapped area falls within the benue trough the oldest sedimentary rocks in nigeria is in this trough and they are of lower cretaceous age. Pdf a multisensorbased evaluation of the morphometric. The niger delta basin, also referred to as the niger delta province, is an extensional rift basin located in the niger delta and the gulf of guinea on the passive continental margin near the western coast of nigeria with suspected or proven access to cameroon, equatorial guinea and sao tome and principe.
New maradun a creation of sokoto rima river basin developmentauthority. Establishing river basin development authorities as a. Sokoto river basin project so much water, very little use leave a reply the federal and state governments have invested a lot of money on dams which are meant to provide water for farmers in kebbi, katsina, zamfara and sokoto states. The senegal river is formed by the confluence of two smaller rivers, the bafing and bakoye. Development of river basin organizations in nigeria. This basin snapshot is limited to the four countries of the upper and middle niger basin. Sedimentary succes sions in these basins are of middle mesozoic to recent age. Niger dams project, series of three dams and reservoirs built in the second half of the 20th century in kwara, niger, and kebbi states, northwestern nigeria, on the niger and kaduna rivers. Modelling tree volume in tropical rainforest of afi river forest reserve in cross river state, nigeria aigbe h. Niger delta province, nigeria, cameroon, and equatorial guinea, africa by michele l. Therefore, many countries have very high dependency ratios.
Ankobra introduction the selection of the ankobra basin as the third basin, after the densu and white volta basins respectively, for the implementation of integrated water. Ankobra introduction the selection of the ankobra basin as the third basin, after the densu and white volta basins respectively, for the implementation of integrated water resources management iwrm by the. Pdf an overview of the geology and hydrogeology of nigeria. It supports largescale irrigation, fisheries and livestock herding, provides drinking water, generates hydropower and allows navigation. Apr 02, 20 when prodded on the issue of flood control, which the river basins development authorities, rbdas, act chapter r9 laws of the federation of nigeria 2004, required rbdas to control floods in their.
Heat flow estimates in the western niger delta basin, nigeria. The nigeria inland waterways operations and management has long since time immemorial been in service but are yet to meet with her states expectation seeing the various natural features on ground as. Subsurface evaluation of source rock and hydrocarbon. This process is experimental and the keywords may be updated as the learning algorithm improves. In contrary to the limpopo main stream, where no dams have been.
Geography project topics and materials pdf and doc download. Only after the benue river, joins the river in nigeria does it become a large river once more. Department of integrated science, college of education, agbor, nigeria. The benue trough is one of the seven main sedimentary structural features in the sene nigeria. Pdf this paper examines the role of river basin development authorities in the economic. The cross river basin development authority crbda was established in 1976 with a mandate for integrated development, using the abundant water resources available in the region. Historical water resources use, from sustenance to commerce, has influ. Pdf mapping of flood risk zones in ala river basin akure. Pdf river basin is defined as an area of land drained by a river and its tributaries. It extends northwestward into the niger valley, northward to the jos massif and northeastward into lafia. This list is arranged by drainage basin, with respective tributaries indented. The limpopo water resources have been developed for variety of uses including. Nigeria, and particularly international conventions and codes.
Niger dams project dams and reservoirs, nigeria britannica. The anambra basin is situated west of the lower benue trough and is often considered youngest formation of the benue trough. Present day heat flow values are calculated for twentyone wellspaced petroleum wells in the western niger delta basin, nigeria using geophysical. Part 1 discusses the geology of the crystalline rocks and their regional distribution while the sedimentary basins constitute the subject of part 2. Basin name area of basin river length countrycountries region 1. Rainfall as mentioned previously is high at 1900mm annual average. The remote sensing products were complementarily used with topographical. Tags free geography project pdf, free geography projects pdf, free project topics. Adegeye department of agricultural economics, university of lbadan, madan, nigeria received. Pdf integrated water resources management in the cross. Anambra basin is one of the basins in nigeria, habouring the largest deposit of subbituminous coal and lignite.
The description of the senegal river basin and the omvs in this section is based on the omvs. Geology and mineral resources of nigeria springerlink. Integrated water resources management in the cross river. Figure 1 presents the map of nigeria showing the location of the river catchment. There are two theories concerning the development of the nile, which, it appears, originally consisted of two sections. You can help wikipedia by writing articles to help lower the. Comparing africas shared river basins the limpopo, orange, juba and shabelle basins. Draft report, federal ministry of water resources, abuja. The nigerian government has inaugurated the board of trustees of the hadejia jamaare, komadugu yobe basin trust fund hjkybtf to restore water projects. Congo 3,699,100 4,667 congo democratic rep central africa central african angola, congo rep. Zambia, tanzania, cameroon, burundi, rwanda, gabon, malawi 2.
Mapping of flood risk zones in ala river basin akure, nigeria. This list is arranged by drainage basin, with respective tributaries indented under each larger streams name. Each country within the basin has unique geographic settings and a wide range of available resources. Ten countries form part of the river basin, and flow is somewhat controlled by dams which provide water for irrigation and hydropower. An examination of the plc 12 and impact of rbdas on nigerias development. The southwestern rivers system comprises the bia, tano, ankobra and pra rivers, while the coastal rivers system is made up of ochiamissah, ochinakwa, ayensu, densu and tordzieaka rivers. Cote divoire, burkina faso, and chad are part of the basin but are minimally affected by the use and management of the rivers water resources. A critical assessment of the inland waterways operations and. The united nations world water assessment programme 2009. The southwestern rivers system comprises the bia, tano, ankobra and pra rivers. The niger delta is the delta of the niger river sitting directly on the gulf of guinea on the atlantic ocean in nigeria. The association of inland basin states of northern nigeria apibonn has accused the nigerian national petroleum corporation, nnpc, of frustrating the development and exploration of oil in the. Therefore, more than often, those exploiting this natural. Its reservoir, kainji lake, supports irrigation and.
Nigeria to commercialise river basin growth authorities. Language watch edit this is a list of rivers in nigeria. The volta river system comprises the white, black and red volta and oti rivers. In all, the transboundary basins cover 71% of the total surface area of the region. African river basins summary of river basins organisation a. Geoinformatics characterisation of drainage systems within muya watershed in the upper niger drainage basin, nigeria innocent e. It is typically considered to be located within nine coastal southern nigerian. The political economy of rural development in nigeria. Agricultural administration 9 1982 3011 establishing river basin development authorities as a strategy for nigerian rural development adeduro j. O3 1department of geology, university of port harcourt, port harcourt, nigeria 2,3 dept. Oueme river okpara river ogun river oyan river ofiki river ona river awna river. There are eight in cote divoire, seven in cameroon and liberia, and five in nigeria and sierra leone.
Morphometric analysis of the subwatersheds in the basins revealed a predominantly dendritic drainage pattern. Files are available under licenses specified on their description page. Part 3 presents the mineral resources of nigeria, their geological environment, mode of occurrence, localities and where possible their estimated reserves. Profile of major rivers in ghana ghana is drained by the volta, southwestern and coastal rivers systems covering 70%, 22% and 8% respectively of the total area of the country. River basins development authorities decree 1979 300 river basin planning in nigeria tion, were proposed and built by foreign engineering companies cf. An overview of the geology and hydrogeology of nigeria. Africas vanishing lake chad africa renewal the united nations. This study identifies soil erosion types in nyaba river basin subcatchment units in enugu urban of enugu state, nigeria, which is a.