Kogin Sota

Kogin Sota
General information
Tsawo	250 km
Labarin ƙasa
Tsarin Daidaiton Labarin Kasa	11°52′24″N 3°24′15″E
Kasa	Benin
Territory	Atakora Department (en)
Hydrography (en)
Tributary (en)	duba Kogin Bouli Kogin Tasiné
Watershed area (en)	15,000 km²
Ruwan ruwa	Niger basin (en)
River mouth (en)	Nijar

The Sota is a river of northern Benin flowing through the departments of Borgou and Alibori. It is a tributary of the Niger River and the Tassiné River is one of its tributaries. The river is approximately 250 kilometres (160 mi) in length and covers a basin area of 13,650 square kilometres (5,270 sq mi).

Yanayin ƙasa

Sota ta tashi a arewa maso gabashin garin Ndali a cikin Sashen Borgou . Kogin yana gudana zuwa arewa maso gabas kuma ya shiga cikin Kogin Neja a Malanville .

Ruwan sama

An yi rikodin ruwan sama na shekara-shekara a tashoshin da yawa a cikin kwandon Sota:

• Segbana (tsakiyar gabashin kwandon, kusa da iyakar Najeriya): 1,177.4 millimetres (46.35 in) in) ya bazu sama da kwanaki 53.
• Kandi (tsakiyar yammacin kwandon): 1,055.1 millimetres (41.54 in) in), ya bazu sama da kwanaki 80
• Malanville (a arewacin ƙarshen kwandon a haɗuwa da Nijar): 919.9 millimetres (36.22 in) in) kwanaki 53.

Akwai ruwan sama mai yawa a ko'ina daga Yuli zuwa Satumba (lokacin rani), wanda ke haifar da ambaliyar ruwa mai tsanani, amma rashi shine mummunan lokacin fari daga Disamba zuwa Afrilu.

Hydrometry

An lura da kwararar kogin tsawon shekaru 40 (1953-1992) a tashar ruwa a Couberi, wanda ke kusa da haɗuwarsa da Kogin Neja a Malanville.

A Couberi, matsakaicin tsarin kwararar ruwa na shekara-shekara ko wanda aka lura a wannan lokacin shine 31 cubic metres per second (1,100 cu ft/s) don yanki mai la'akari da 9,111 to 13,410 square kilometres (3,518 to 5,178 sq mi) . Matsakaicin kwararar ruwa da aka lura a kowane wata daga watan Fabrairu zuwa Afrilu ya kasance daga 3.7–3.9 cubic metres per second (130–140 cu ft/s) , wanda abin mamaki ne a Afirka bisa ga ikonta, tare da sauran koguna a yankin da ke faɗuwa akai-akai har kusan su bushe a lokacin rani. Gaskiya ne cewa matakin ruwan sama na 900–1,200 millimetres (35–47 in) kowace shekara yana da daidaito sosai. A lokacin lura na shekaru 40, mafi ƙarancin kwararar wata-wata shine 2 cubic metres per second (71 cu ft/s) yayin da matsakaicin kwararar wata-wata ya kai 358 cubic metres per second (12,600 cu ft/s) wanda ya fi matsakaicin kwararar ruwan Seine a Paris .

Matsakaicin kwararar Sota (m³/s (cu ft / s)) wanda aka auna a tashar hydrometric Couberi. (Bayanan da aka lissafa sama da shekaru 40)