Kogin Oti ko Kogin Pendjari: kogi ne na duniya a Afirka ta Yamma. Ya tashi ne a Beni ya samar da iyaka tsakanin Benin da Burkina Faso, ya ratsa ta Togo, ya shiga Kogin Volta Na kasar Ghana.

Kogin Oti
General information
Tsawo 900 km
Labarin ƙasa
Map
Tsarin Daidaiton Labarin Kasa 8°27′42″N 0°05′01″E / 8.4617°N 0.0836°E / 8.4617; 0.0836
Kasa Benin, Burkina Faso, Ghana da Togo
Hydrography (en) Fassara
Tributary (en) Fassara
Watershed area (en) Fassara 72,900 km²
River mouth (en) Fassara Tafkin Volta

Labarin kasa gyara sashe

Kogin Oti yana da kusan kilomita 520 (323 mi), tsayi. Kogin yana cikin Benin da Burkina Faso, yana ratsawa ta Benin da Togo kuma ya haɗu da Kogin Volta a Ghana. Masu bautar ruwa a gabar hagu a Togo sun samo asali ne daga Dutsen Togo zuwa kudu. Ofaya daga cikin yankuna masu gabas sune Kogin Kara, wurin hada hadar yana kan iyakar Ghana-Togo, inda wani yankin ya haɗu daga kudu, Kogin Koumongou. Bakin Oti ya kasance akan Kogin Volta, amma yanzu yana malala zuwa tafkin Volta na Ghana.[1]

Kogin ya ratsa arewacin Togo a cikin kwari mai savannah mai kimanin kilomita 40 ko 50 (25 ko 31 mi fadi). A gefen iyakokin kogin akwai gandun dajin da ke ambaliya lokaci-lokaci. Lokacin rani anan yana farawa daga kusan Nuwamba zuwa Afrilu, tare da busasshiyar busasshiyar iska Harmattan tana hurawa daga arewa. A wannan lokaci na shekara kwararar kogin kadan ne. Dukansu Oti da Koumongou suna da filayen ruwa, kusan kilomita 10 da 4 (6.2 da 2.5 mi) fadi da bi. Wadannan ambaliyar suna yaduwa sosai a lokacin damina, amma a lokacin rani sun zama bushe, filayen ƙura, tare da tabkin lokaci-lokaci ko tabki a cikin ɓacin rai. Shanu na kiwo a filayen ruwa lokacin rani. Hakanan akwai ƙananan smallan girma na amfanin gona, kuma farautar farauta a can take.[2]

Iyakokin duniya gyara sashe

Kogin ya zama wani yanki ne na kan iyakokin duniya tsakanin Ghana, Burkina Faso, Togo, da Benin.[3]

Filin shakatawa gyara sashe

Kogin Oti ya ratsa ta cikin Filin shakatawa na Pendjari a cikin kasar Benin[4] da kuma Filin shakatawa na Oti-Kéran a kasar Togo.[2]

Manazarta gyara sashe

  1. Philip's (1994). Atlas of the World. Reed International. p. 101. ISBN 0-540-05831-9.
  2. 2.0 2.1 Hughes, R.H. (1992). A Directory of African Wetlands. IUCN. pp. 443–447. ISBN 978-2-88032-949-5.
  3. "Ghana - Rivers and Lakes". www.countrystudies.us. Retrieved 2017-08-17.
  4. "Parc National de la Pendjari". Archived from the original on 14 July 2017. Retrieved 21 November 2016.