Erinle River | |
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Location | |
Country | Nigeria |
Location | Osun State |
Physical characteristics | |
Mouth | |
• location | Ido-Osun |
• coordinates | 7°45′16″N 4°27′00″E / 7.754543°N 4.450087°E |
Basin features | |
River system | Osun River |
Tributaries | |
• left | Otin River |
• right | Iyalupo River |
The Erinle River is a river in the ancient town of Ido-Osun,Osun State, Nigeria, a right tributary of the Osun River, which it enters from the north near Ido-Osun,Egbedore Local Government, Osun state Nigeria just below the Erinle Dam.[citation needed] Another reservoir, the new Erinle Dam, lies higher up the river.[citation needed] Water from the two dams supplies Osogbo, the state capital.[citation needed] A few meters away from the River lays the M.K.O Abiola international airport, Ido-Osun and as well the defunct Electricity Cooperation of Nigeria, Erinle Power station in Ido-Osun, Osun state.