Cross River

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Cross River is a major river in southeastern Nigeria and western Cameroon that flows through tropical rainforests and supports rich biodiversity and local economies before emptying into the Gulf of Guinea.

All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Cross River canonical 17
Cross River basin 7
Calabar River 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf river
adjacentToProtectedArea Cross River National Park
Korup National Park
associatedWith Cross River gorilla habitat
basinCountry Cameroon
Nigeria
borderFunction forms part of Nigeria–Cameroon boundary
climateZone humid tropical
country Cameroon
Nigeria
drainageBasin Cross River self-linksurface differs
surface form: Cross River basin
economicImportance artisanal fisheries
regional trade
emptiesInto Gulf of Guinea
flowsThrough Cameroon
Nigeria
flowsThroughEcosystem tropical rainforest
hasBiodiversityFeature freshwater fish diversity
mangrove forests near mouth
riparian forests
hasEstuaryType tidal estuary
hasMouthIn Cross River Estuary
hasMouthNear Calabar
hasSeasonalPattern high flow in rainy season
lower flow in dry season
hasTributary Afi River
Akpa Yafe River
Great Kwa River
locatedIn West Africa
locatedInRegion southeastern Nigeria
western Cameroon
nearCity Ikom
Ugep
partOf Atlantic Ocean drainage basin
surface form: Atlantic Ocean basin
sourceRegion Cameroon Highlands
supports local economies
rich biodiversity
supportsActivity riverine transport
timber transport
supportsCommunity indigenous communities
threatenedBy deforestation in catchment area
overfishing
pollution from human activities
usedFor fishing
irrigation
small-scale agriculture
transportation

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Referenced by (27)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Bight of Biafra receivesRiver Cross River
Cross River State namedAfter Cross River
Cross River State hasRiver Cross River
Calabar locatedOn Cross River
this entity surface form: Calabar River
Calabar locatedNear Cross River
Ebonyi State hasRiver Cross River
Efik language subfamily Cross River
Efik language usedIn Cross River
this entity surface form: Cross River basin
Duke Town locatedOn Cross River
Henshaw Town locatedOn Cross River
this entity surface form: Cross River (Nigeria)
Creek Town locatedOn Cross River
Oron people region Cross River
this entity surface form: Cross River basin
Lower Cross River region partOf Cross River
this entity surface form: Cross River basin
Lower Cross River region hasRiver Cross River
Ibibio language languageBranch Cross River
South South containsMajorRiver Cross River
Cross River drainageBasin Cross River self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Cross River basin
Ikom hasRiver Cross River
Cross River National Park locatedIn Cross River
this entity surface form: Cross River River Basin
Agbokim Waterfalls watercourse Cross River
Ejagham people associatedRiver Cross River
Etung locatedInGeographicFeature Cross River
this entity surface form: Cross River basin
Arochukwu locatedNear Cross River
this entity surface form: Cross River basin
Great Kwa River partOf Cross River
this entity surface form: Cross River basin
Igboland majorRiver Cross River