Gongola

Based on OpenStreetMap data, Gongola is 581 km long. It was last changed in OSM on Thu, 03 Sep 2026 18:50

Gongola is in Nigeria, flowing through the subregions of Adamawa, Bauchi, Borno, Gombe, Plateau

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This is also known as Gongola River, for 43 km (8% total).

Distributaries & Outflows

It has 5 side channels. (TODO fill in side channels)

Gongola flows into Benué , which it joins at the following points: 13,447 km of total upstream flows in at N 9° 28′ 23″, E 12° 4′ 33″ at OSM node n5556309633 18,025 km of total upstream flows in at N 9° 28′ 33″, E 12° 2′ 15″ at OSM node n2106776996

Tributaries & Inflows

Gongola has 61 tributaries .

Hawal, which joins it at N 10° 2′ 17″, E 11° 59′ 21″ at OSM node n479936246, and 966 km of total upstream flows in.
Ndivana, which joins it at N 10° 13′ 45″, E 11° 47′ 44″ at OSM node n479930349, and 554 km of total upstream flows in.
an unnamed river, which joins it at N 9° 57′ 48″, E 9° 56′ 3″ at OSM node n5493376024, and 512 km of total upstream flows in.
Waja, which joins it at N 10° 4′ 20″, E 11° 49′ 23″ at OSM node n2106775971, and 232 km of total upstream flows in.
an unnamed river , which joins it at the following points: 179 km of total upstream flows in at N 9° 36′ 44″, E 9° 13′ 42″ at OSM node n455882798 38 km of total upstream flows in at N 9° 36′ 44″, E 9° 13′ 42″ at OSM node n455882798
an unnamed river, which joins it at N 10° 34′ 11″, E 11° 30′ 43″ at OSM node n3737283155, and 214 km of total upstream flows in.
an unnamed river, which joins it at N 10° 52′ 17″, E 11° 31′ 59″ at OSM node n455887503, and 151 km of total upstream flows in.
Blo, which joins it at N 10° 17′ 31″, E 11° 34′ 36″ at OSM node n2165204998, and 123 km of total upstream flows in.
an unnamed river, which joins it at N 10° 21′ 17″, E 11° 28′ 3″ at OSM node n6078907575, and 122 km of total upstream flows in.
an unnamed river, which joins it at N 10° 3′ 29″, E 11° 49′ 53″ at OSM node n2199602093, and 91 km of total upstream flows in.
an unnamed river, which joins it at N 10° 1′ 13″, E 9° 59′ 38″ at OSM node n5544536697, and 85 km of total upstream flows in.
an unnamed river, which joins it at N 9° 44′ 44″, E 9° 33′ 10″ at OSM node n455882584, and 54 km of total upstream flows in.
River Nono, which joins it at N 10° 17′ 24″, E 11° 31′ 33″ at OSM node n455887559, and 54 km of total upstream flows in.
an unnamed river, which joins it at N 10° 15′ 34″, E 10° 9′ 7″ at OSM node n455885977, and 43 km of total upstream flows in.
an unnamed river, which joins it at N 9° 41′ 23″, E 9° 48′ 9″ at OSM node n5548891930, and 37 km of total upstream flows in.
an unnamed river, which joins it at N 9° 57′ 30″, E 11° 58′ 40″ at OSM node n3645296211, and 36 km of total upstream flows in.
an unnamed river, which joins it at N 11° 4′ 41″, E 11° 24′ 38″ at OSM node n455887442, and 35 km of total upstream flows in.
an unnamed river, which joins it at N 9° 45′ 29″, E 12° 0′ 59″ at OSM node n2185690031, and 33 km of total upstream flows in.
an unnamed river, which joins it at N 10° 13′ 5″, E 10° 5′ 45″ at OSM node n5037036354, and 32 km of total upstream flows in.
an unnamed river , which joins it at the following points: 13 km of total upstream flows in at N 10° 15′ 5″, E 11° 36′ 37″ at OSM node n3418884704 2 km of total upstream flows in at N 10° 15′ 5″, E 11° 36′ 37″ at OSM node n3418884704 13 km of total upstream flows in at N 10° 15′ 7″, E 11° 36′ 21″ at OSM node n3418884711
an unnamed river, which joins it at N 9° 39′ 35″, E 9° 16′ 2″ at OSM node n2173362767, and 27 km of total upstream flows in.
an unnamed river, which joins it at N 10° 13′ 47″, E 11° 44′ 53″ at OSM node n479930234, and 25 km of total upstream flows in.
an unnamed river, which joins it at N 10° 17′ 31″, E 11° 33′ 15″ at OSM node n3400782358, and 25 km of total upstream flows in.
an unnamed river, which joins it at N 11° 2′ 50″, E 11° 26′ 19″ at OSM node n3844465508, and 22 km of total upstream flows in.
an unnamed river, which joins it at N 10° 17′ 57″, E 11° 30′ 50″ at OSM node n3609502020, and 20 km of total upstream flows in.
an unnamed river, which joins it at N 10° 13′ 9″, E 11° 43′ 53″ at OSM node n3608163232, and 19 km of total upstream flows in.
an unnamed river, which joins it at N 9° 44′ 48″, E 9° 27′ 26″ at OSM node n5491006295, and 18 km of total upstream flows in.
an unnamed river, which joins it at N 10° 12′ 18″, E 11° 49′ 10″ at OSM node n3418883394, and 15 km of total upstream flows in.
an unnamed river, which joins it at N 9° 44′ 58″, E 9° 49′ 40″ at OSM node n5493407604, and 15 km of total upstream flows in.
an unnamed river, which joins it at N 10° 3′ 42″, E 10° 1′ 14″ at OSM node n455884890, and 12 km of total upstream flows in.
an unnamed river, which joins it at N 10° 12′ 51″, E 11° 43′ 36″ at OSM node n3459918467, and 11 km of total upstream flows in.
an unnamed river, which joins it at N 9° 45′ 5″, E 9° 25′ 35″ at OSM node n2102978893, and 11 km of total upstream flows in.
an unnamed river, which joins it at N 9° 57′ 28″, E 9° 56′ 3″ at OSM node n5493383993, and 10 km of total upstream flows in.
an unnamed river, which joins it at N 10° 7′ 12″, E 11° 48′ 7″ at OSM node n3420752309, and 8 km of total upstream flows in.
an unnamed river, which joins it at N 10° 33′ 28″, E 11° 30′ 30″ at OSM node n455887527, and 8 km of total upstream flows in.
an unnamed river, which joins it at N 10° 3′ 36″, E 11° 51′ 2″ at OSM node n2106775957, and 8 km of total upstream flows in.
an unnamed river, which joins it at N 9° 40′ 58″, E 9° 16′ 54″ at OSM node n2177208486, and 7 km of total upstream flows in.
an unnamed river, which joins it at N 10° 13′ 54″, E 11° 37′ 7″ at OSM node n3418884398, and 7 km of total upstream flows in.
an unnamed river, which joins it at N 10° 18′ 25″, E 10° 15′ 36″ at OSM node n455886014, and 7 km of total upstream flows in.
an unnamed river, which joins it at N 10° 7′ 46″, E 11° 49′ 5″ at OSM node n3616576731, and 6 km of total upstream flows in.
an unnamed river, which joins it at N 11° 1′ 17″, E 11° 27′ 42″ at OSM node n5569352079, and 6 km of total upstream flows in.
an unnamed river, which joins it at N 11° 6′ 11″, E 11° 13′ 17″ at OSM node n5493161743, and 6 km of total upstream flows in.
an unnamed river, which joins it at N 10° 29′ 40″, E 10° 26′ 40″ at OSM node n2110572233, and 5 km of total upstream flows in.
an unnamed river, which joins it at N 10° 4′ 23″, E 11° 49′ 16″ at OSM node n2106775973, and 5 km of total upstream flows in.
an unnamed river, which joins it at N 10° 8′ 8″, E 11° 49′ 19″ at OSM node n2106776017, and 4 km of total upstream flows in.
an unnamed river, which joins it at N 11° 0′ 55″, E 11° 28′ 19″ at OSM node n12344333769, and 4 km of total upstream flows in.
an unnamed river, which joins it at N 11° 2′ 24″, E 11° 27′ 20″ at OSM node n5569330211, and 4 km of total upstream flows in.
an unnamed river, which joins it at N 10° 12′ 19″, E 11° 42′ 2″ at OSM node n3609155968, and 3 km of total upstream flows in.
an unnamed river, which joins it at N 10° 3′ 3″, E 10° 0′ 55″ at OSM node n5548352676, and 3 km of total upstream flows in.
an unnamed river, which joins it at N 11° 0′ 27″, E 11° 28′ 40″ at OSM node n455887466, and 3 km of total upstream flows in.
an unnamed river, which joins it at N 11° 1′ 30″, E 11° 27′ 13″ at OSM node n5569351968, and 3 km of total upstream flows in.
an unnamed river, which joins it at N 10° 4′ 16″, E 11° 49′ 34″ at OSM node n3616465968, and 3 km of total upstream flows in.
an unnamed river, which joins it at N 10° 9′ 36″, E 11° 49′ 8″ at OSM node n3420216882, and 3 km of total upstream flows in.
an unnamed river, which joins it at N 11° 5′ 55″, E 11° 12′ 28″ at OSM node n5493161486, and 3 km of total upstream flows in.
an unnamed river, which joins it at N 9° 45′ 26″, E 9° 49′ 42″ at OSM node n5493407553, and 2 km of total upstream flows in.
an unnamed river, which joins it at N 10° 7′ 44″, E 11° 49′ 3″ at OSM node n3616576721, and 2 km of total upstream flows in.
an unnamed river, which joins it at N 10° 9′ 36″, E 11° 49′ 9″ at OSM node n3420216874, and 2 km of total upstream flows in.
an unnamed river, which joins it at N 9° 49′ 56″, E 9° 50′ 35″ at OSM node n3228905026, and 2 km of total upstream flows in.
an unnamed river, which joins it at N 10° 21′ 29″, E 10° 19′ 39″ at OSM node n12959820388, and 2 km of total upstream flows in.
an unnamed river, which joins it at N 10° 10′ 24″, E 11° 48′ 42″ at OSM node n2106776042, and 1 km of total upstream flows in.
an unnamed river, which joins it at N 10° 9′ 40″, E 11° 49′ 2″ at OSM node n2106776033, and 747 m of total upstream flows in.