Yewa River

Yewa River

river

Get use	fishing
Mouth of the watercourse	Atlantic Ocean
Country	Benin, Nigeria
Coordinate location	6°26′1″N 2°50′56″E
Used by	Yoruba people

Yewa River (Yoruba: Odò Yéwa) be transnational river wey dey between Nigeria and Republic of Benin. De river dey run south through de interior of south-west Nigeria, and after dat e dey run parallel to de coastline along de Bight of Benin. For one point, e dey cross de border between de two countries. Other forms of de name be Yeoua, and with accents, Yéoua and Yéwa.

Ein elevation be sea level. Yewa River ein major tributaries be de Atan and Ilaro rivers. De Yewa dey empty into Badagry Creek, and Badagry Creek too dey empty into Lagos Harbour.

De river dey inside West African tropical climate zone, and e be important source of fishing for local inhabitants. One important part of de local fishing be blue crab, Callinectes amnicola. Apart from fishing, de river also be important for logging and sand mining operations. Some of de plants wey dey live inside de river and along ein banks include sedges such as Cyperus articulatus, Cyperus papyrus and Paspalum vaginatum, and palms such as Pandanus candelabrum, Raphia hookeri and Phoenix reclinata.

Pollution

According to research, Yewa River together with other rivers dey discharge plenty water from inland and coastal cities into Lagos Lagoon. Pollution from industrial, domestic and agricultural activities dey enter these water bodies. These activities contain organic and inorganic pollutants, and dem fit affect de health of water bodies and people wey consume water or resources from dem.