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.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Oshun River canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

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

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (1)

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

Lagos Lagoon → inflow → Oshun River ⓘ