Oshun River

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The Oshun River is a major river in southwestern Nigeria revered in Yoruba religion and culture, particularly at the sacred Osun-Osogbo Grove, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

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Label Occurrences
Oshun River canonical 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf river
associatedDeity Oshun NERFINISHED
associatedWith Osun-Osogbo Sacred Grove NERFINISHED
basinCountry Nigeria NERFINISHED
country Nigeria
culturalSignificance Yoruba people NERFINISHED
emptiesInto Lagos Lagoon NERFINISHED
flowsThrough Ijebu-Ode NERFINISHED
Oshogbo NERFINISHED
Osogbo NERFINISHED
Oyo NERFINISHED
hasFestival Osun-Osogbo Festival NERFINISHED
hasIssue heavy metal pollution
water contamination
hasNameOrigin named after the orisha Oshun
hasTributary Erinle River NERFINISHED
Ogbomosho River NERFINISHED
Otan River NERFINISHED
knownFor annual Osun-Osogbo festival
pilgrimage
sacred groves
locatedIn Ogun State NERFINISHED
Osun State NERFINISHED
Oyo State NERFINISHED
Southwestern Nigeria NERFINISHED
monitoredBy Nigerian environmental agencies
mouthLocation Lagos Lagoon NERFINISHED
near Osogbo NERFINISHED
partOf Guinean forest–savanna mosaic ecoregion NERFINISHED
region Yorubaland NERFINISHED
religiousFunction site of divination rituals
site of initiation rites
site of offerings to Oshun
religiousSignificance Yoruba religion NERFINISHED
religiousTradition Orisha worship
sacredTo Oshun devotees
Yoruba traditionalists
threatenedBy illegal gold mining
industrial waste
pollution
urban runoff
UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteNearby Osun-Osogbo Sacred Grove NERFINISHED
usedFor domestic water supply
festivals
fishing
irrigation
rituals
worshipSite Osun-Osogbo Sacred Grove NERFINISHED

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Lagos Lagoon inflow Oshun River