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 (6)

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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 basin ⓘ
linked to: Cross River
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 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 (49)

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 → Calabar River ⓘ
linked to: Cross River
Calabar → locatedNear → Cross River ⓘ
Ebonyi State → hasRiver → Cross River ⓘ
Efik language → subfamily → Cross River ⓘ
Efik language → usedIn → Cross River basin ⓘ
linked to: Cross River
Duke Town → locatedOn → Cross River ⓘ
Henshaw Town → locatedOn → Cross River (Nigeria) ⓘ
linked to: Cross River
Creek Town → locatedOn → Cross River ⓘ
Oron people → region → Cross River basin ⓘ
linked to: Cross River
Lower Cross River region → partOf → Cross River basin ⓘ
linked to: Cross River
Lower Cross River region → hasRiver → Cross River ⓘ
Ibibio language → languageBranch → Cross River ⓘ
South South → containsMajorRiver → Cross River ⓘ
Cross River → drainageBasin → Cross River basin ⓘ
linked to: Cross River
Ikom → hasRiver → Cross River ⓘ
Cross River National Park → locatedIn → Cross River River Basin ⓘ
linked to: Cross River
Agbokim Waterfalls → watercourse → Cross River ⓘ
Ejagham people → associatedRiver → Cross River ⓘ
Etung → locatedInGeographicFeature → Cross River basin ⓘ
linked to: Cross River
Arochukwu → locatedNear → Cross River basin ⓘ
linked to: Cross River
Great Kwa River → partOf → Cross River basin ⓘ
linked to: Cross River
Igboland → majorRiver → Cross River ⓘ
Manyu peoples → usesRiverSystems → Cross River ⓘ
Mamfe → river → Cross River ⓘ
Manyu division → borderRiver → Cross River ⓘ
Cameroon–Nigeria → partlyFollows → Cross River ⓘ
subject linked to: Cameroon border
Cross River Estuary → mouthOf → Cross River ⓘ
Cross River Estuary → receivesRiver → Cross River ⓘ
Cross River Estuary → hasSedimentSource → Cross River basin ⓘ
linked to: Cross River
Cameroon region → includesFeature → Cross River basin ⓘ
linked to: Cross River
Cross River gorilla → namedAfter → Cross River ⓘ
Afi River → tributaryOf → Cross River ⓘ
Afi River → partOf → Cross River basin ⓘ
linked to: Cross River
Afi River → hasMouth → Cross River ⓘ
Calabar River → connectedTo → Cross River ⓘ
Eastern Region → significantRiver → Cross River ⓘ
Efik Kingdom → associatedWithRiver → Cross River ⓘ
Old Calabar polity → majorRiver → Cross River ⓘ
Cameroon → hasRiver → Cross River (border area) ⓘ
linked to: Cross River
Cross River region → namedAfter → Cross River ⓘ