River Ethiope Delta State


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The River Ethiope is found in the Delta State of Nigeria. The River originates from a community called Umuaja and flows through several others before joining the sea at Sapele. The River is shared by four local government councils namely Ukwuani, Ethiope East, Okpe and Sapele with an estimated population of 1.7 million people. The river is about 50km long.

The River Ethiope is a river of outstanding beauty. It is one of the Seven Wonders of the World. It is home to a great biodiversity of plants and animals. The river provides ecosystem services such as flood control, climate change regulation, recreation, spiritual homage, water supply, food, research and education, medicine, building materials etc to many communities through which it passes. However, the ability of River Ethiope to continue to provide these ecosystem services to man and other living things is being seriously hampered as result of development pressure and consequences of climate change driven by poverty, ignorance and corruption.

Believed to be the deepest inland waterway in Africa, the River Ethiope, unlike sources of other rivers, originated from the foot of a giant silk-cotton tree at Umuaja in Ukwuani Local Government Area, Delta State and by the time it courses to Sapele through Abraka, it has become cavernous enough to harbor ocean-going vessels. Its center of attraction is the uniqueness and its unnatural purity.

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At most of the points where the river runs across, one could see the bottom of the water from the bank. This had given some people a false sense of shallowness of the river to their peril. Fishes are seen swimming enthusiastically in the water, but rapidly spin out of reach on noticing human presence.

The River currently acts as host to numerous tourist sites and is expected to help with irrigation of the 60,000 hectares of land sited at Abraka for the Federal Government cassava bread and high quality Cassava Flour Development Initiative for a mechanized cassava farm. Tourist to the river source are made to part with either N1,500 or N2,000, according to the discretion of the chief priest, to have a view of the river source.

Though, a structure aimed at exploiting the tourism potential of the river source was built by the state government, the facility, under lock and key is yet to commence operation.


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Lalasticlala mynd44

This river has legit swallowed up many Delsu students.

*Abraka River Resort is one of the biggest attractions in the state.


Beautiful but dangerous river.

RoyalBlu:
This river has legit swallowed up many Delsu students.

*Abraka River Resort is one of the biggest attractions in the state.


Beautiful but dangerous river.

That was the first thing that I thought of immediately I looked at the topic

Can @op provide the picture of the river source?

Ok

Clean river with highest form of purity.I was at the source recently!

Sapele River

debbydee:
Sapele River

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This one pass sapele water

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Abraka Beach one of the Beach along the River Ethiope

The river is in abraka campus 2 I school there in Delsu

Promise47:
The river is in abraka campus 2 I school there in Delsu

Wow nice

Eku Beach Another River Beach along the Ethiope River

I need money to explore and travel delta state ❤️❤️

Evestar200:
Eku Beach Another River Beach along the Ethiope River

Wow this is breath taking