The Komadugu Gana River or Misau River is a river in the Chad Basin in northeastern Nigeria that joins the Yobe River at Damasak, in the Mobbar Local Government Area of Borno State. It rises north of Bauchi.
According to a 2011 report by the International Union for Conservation of Nature, the water flow of the river no longer reaches the Yobe.
The 8,500-year-old Dufuna canoe was discovered during a dig near the river in 1987 in the Fune Local Government Area.
References
- "Komadugu Yobe River | Nigeria, Chad, Benue | Britannica". www.britannica.com. Archived from the original on 2023-07-07. Retrieved 2023-07-10.
- Mortimore, Michael. Adapting to Drought: Farmers, Famines, and Desertification in West Africa Archived 2024-04-28 at the Wayback Machine, p. 244 (1989)(note 3 notes that the Komadugu Gana joins the Yobe at Damasak)
- Oyebande, Lekan. Streamflow regime change and the ecological response in the Lake Chad basin in Nigeria Archived 2024-04-28 at the Wayback Machine, in Hydro-ecology: Linking Hydrology and Aquatic Ecology , p. 101, 104 (2001) (Acreman, M.C., ed.)
- Komadugu Yobe Basin,upstream of Lake Chad, Nigeria, WANI Case Study Archived 2012-05-13 at the Wayback Machine, IUCN, Report 2011-009
- (24 May 1998). 6,000-Year-Old Canoe To Be Removed Archived 2023-01-06 at the Wayback Machine, Associated Press
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