Menchum River

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The Menchum River is a significant waterway in northwestern Cameroon that drains the highland areas and contributes to the Benue River basin.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Menchum River canonical 3
Menchum River@en 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (29)

Predicate Object
instanceOf river ⓘ
basinCountry Cameroon ⓘ
Nigeria ⓘ
continent Africa ⓘ
country Cameroon ⓘ
crossesBorderBetween Cameroon ⓘ
Nigeria ⓘ
drainageBasin Benue River basin ⓘ
drains Cameroon Highlands ⓘ
flowsGenerallyTowards northwest ⓘ
west ⓘ
flowsThrough Menchum Division ⓘ
hasEconomicUse fishing ⓘ
local agriculture irrigation ⓘ
hasNameInLanguage Menchum River@en ⓘ
linked to: Menchum River
hasPotentialUse hydroelectric power generation ⓘ
hasWatershedCharacteristic highland drainage ⓘ
hydrologicalSystem Niger River basin ⓘ
isPartOf West African river system ⓘ
locatedIn Menchum Division ⓘ
Northwest Region, Cameroon ⓘ
northwestern Cameroon ⓘ
mouthLocatedIn Nigeria ⓘ
partOf Benue River basin ⓘ
Niger River basin ⓘ
linked to: Niger River
region Grassfields region of Cameroon ⓘ
sourceRegion northwestern highlands of Cameroon ⓘ
tributaryOf Benue River ⓘ
watercourseType perennial river ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

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

Northwest Region (Cameroon) → contains → Menchum River ⓘ
subject linked to: Northwest Region
Menchum Division → namedAfter → Menchum River ⓘ
Menchum Division → traversedBy → Menchum River ⓘ
Menchum River → hasNameInLanguage → Menchum River@en ⓘ
linked to: Menchum River