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Oguta Lake is a lean 'finger lake' formed by the damming of the lower Njaba River with alluvium.[2] it is the largest natural lake in Imo State, Southeastern Nigeria;[3] within the equatorial rainforest region of Niger Delta.[3] Oguta Lake's catchment area comprises the drainage area of the Njaba River and a part of the River Niger floodplain in the region south of Onitsha.[3]

Oguta Lake
Oguta Lake
LocationImo State
Coordinates5°42′24″N 6°47′33″E
Native name
Primary inflowsUtu, Awbana, Orashi and Njaba rivers
Basin countriesNigeria
Max. depth8 m (26 ft)
Ramsar Wetland
Designated30 April 2008
Reference no.1757[1]

Location


The lake is situated in Oguta about 50 kilometres (30 mi) from the junction of the Ndoni and Orashi River. It is about eight kilometres (5 mi) long from east to west and 2.5 kilometres (1+12 mi)wide.[4] The stream from Njaba River is the major inflow to Oguta Lake.[citation needed] The other three tributaries are Awbana, Utu and Orashi. The Orashi River flows past Oguta Lake in its southwestern portion.


Economic importance


The lake is important to the people of oil-rich Njaba River basin including Oguta, Orsu, Mgbidi, Nkwesi, Osemotor, Nnebukwu, Mgbele, Awa Awo-Omamma Akabo as a source of water, fish, tourism and an outlet for sewerage.[5] Uhamiri is the goddess of the lake.[6]


Trade route


The river route Njaba and Orashi via Oguta Lake to the coast, passing through Awo-omamma, Mgbidi, Oguta, Ndoni, Abonnema, Degema made Oguta, Osemotor, Awo-omamma and surrounding towns important commercial centres of international trade mainly for oil palm.[citation needed] Oguta Lake also served as a Biafran army marine base during the Nigerian Civil War.[7]


Pictures of Oguta Lake



Footnotes


  1. "Oguta Lake". Ramsar Sites Information Service. Retrieved 25 April 2018.
  2. Floyd, Barry (1969). Eastern Nigeria. Springer. p. 89. ISBN 9781349006663. Retrieved May 22, 2016.
  3. OGUNKOYA, Prof. O.O. (2007). "Oguta Lake" (PDF). Information Sheet on Ramsar Wetlands(RIS) (2006–2008): 4.
  4. akande, segun (2022-03-04). "Oguta Lake: In a corner of Imo, two angry rivers flow without ever coming together". Pulse Nigeria. Retrieved 2022-05-23.
  5. "Oguta Lake". www.ilec.or.jp. Retrieved 2008-06-08.
  6. Chuku, Gloria (2005). Igbo women and economic transformation in southeastern Nigeria, 1900-1960. Routledge. p. 26. ISBN 0-415-97210-8.
  7. "LakeNet -Lakes". www.worldlakes.org. Retrieved 2008-06-08.




На других языках


[de] Oguta-See

Der Oguta-See ist der größte natürliche Binnensee im nigerianischen Bundesstaat Imo.
- [en] Oguta Lake



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