The Benito is a river in
Equatorial Guinea
Equatorial Guinea, officially the Republic of Equatorial Guinea, is a country on the west coast of Central Africa. It has an area of . Formerly the colony of Spanish Guinea, its post-independence name refers to its location both near the Equ ...
. It is known locally as the Mbini River, and, at least as it flows in its westerly part through the
Monte Alen National Park, as the Uoro River.
The river rises in
Gabon
Gabon ( ; ), officially the Gabonese Republic (), is a country on the Atlantic coast of Central Africa, on the equator, bordered by Equatorial Guinea to the northwest, Cameroon to the north, the Republic of the Congo to the east and south, and ...
and crosses into Equatorial Guinea where it divides the country roughly along the middle, running east to west. At the mouth to the
Atlantic Ocean
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lies the town of
Mbini, as well as large
mangrove stands that extend inland. Only this portion of the river is navigable. The river is used to float logs for
forestry
Forestry is the science and craft of creating, managing, planting, using, conserving and repairing forests and woodlands for associated resources for human and Natural environment, environmental benefits. Forestry is practiced in plantations and ...
operations.
[''The geography of modern Africa'' By William Adams Hance, p. 291 (on Google Books]
The
cichlid genus
Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
''
Benitochromis'' takes the first part of its name from the Benito River.
References
Rivers of Equatorial Guinea
Rivers of Gabon
International rivers of Africa
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