Kogin Ogun

Kogin Ogun
General information
Tsawo	300 km
Labarin ƙasa
Tsarin Daidaiton Labarin Kasa	6°45′N 3°20′E
Kasa	Najeriya
River mouth (en)	Bight of Benin (en)

Kogin Ogun wata hanya ce ta ruwa a Najeriya wacce ke ratsawa zuwa tafkin Legas.

Darasi da amfani

Kogin ya tashi ne a cikin jihar Sepeteri Oyo kusa da Shaki a kogin8°41′0″N 3°28′0″E kuma ya bi ta jihar Ogun zuwa jihar Legas. Kogin ya ratsa ta ne daga madatsar ruwan Ikere a karamar hukumar Iseyin ta jihar Oyo. Adadin tafki shine 690 million cubic metres (560,000 acre⋅ft) . Ruwan tafki ya mamaye filin shakatawa na Old Oyo, yana ba da wuraren shakatawa ga masu yawon bude ido, kuma kogin yana gudana ta wurin shakatawa. Kogin Ofiki, wanda kuma ya taso kusa da Shaki, shi ne babban kogin Ogun.Kogin magudanar ruwa, yana hayewa ne ta Kogin Oyan wanda ke ba da ruwa ga Abeokuta da Legas.A jama'a ke da yawa, ana amfani da kogin don wanka, wanka da sha. Hakanan yana aiki azaman magudanar ruwa don galibin sharar fage daga abattoirs dake gefen kogin.

Tarihi

A cikin addinin Yarbawa, Yemoja shine allahntakar kogin Ogun. Catechist Charles Phillips, mahaifin Charles Phillips wanda daga baya ya zama Bishop na Ondo, ya rubuta a cikin 1857 cewa kogin Ogun galibi mutanen da ke zaune a bakinsa ne suke bautawa tun daga hawansa har zuwa lokacin da ya shiga cikin tafkin. Kogin ya bi ta tsakiyar tsohuwar Daular Oyo. An raba Metropolitan Oyo zuwa larduna shida da uku a yammacin kogin Ogun sannan uku a gabashin kogin. A wani lokaci, kogin ya kafa wata muhimmiyar hanya ga ’yan kasuwa da ke jigilar kayayyaki ta kwalekwale a tsakanin Abeokuta da Lagos Colony.

Hotuna

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  Kogin Ogun a Abeokuta wanda mazauna yankin ke kiransa da "Odo Ogun".
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  Kogin Ogun daga saman dutsen Olumo a Abeokuta, jihar Ogun
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  Faɗuwar rana a kogin Ogun
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  Dawn a kogin Ogun
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  Gadar kan kogin Ogun
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  Kofar gadar Kogi
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  Kasuwar nama mai suna Kara kusa da kogin Ogun