Osun River

The Oṣun River (sometimes spelt Oshun, Yoruba: Odò Ọ̀ṣun), is a river of Yorubaland that rises in Ekiti State and flows westwards into Osun State before turning southwestwards at its confluence with the Erinle River near the town of Ede and then heading south at the Asejire reservoir flowing though the rest of the state and Ogun State in Southwestern Nigeria before eventually discharging into the Lekki Lagoon and the Atlantic at the Gulf of Guinea. The river is named after the deity Oṣun, one of the most popular and venerated Orishas. The annual traditional worship at the Ọṣun Shrine near the Ọṣun River at Osogbo has become a popular pilgrimage and important tourist attraction, drawing people from all over Nigeria and abroad to the annual festival in August. Oṣun is one of the river goddesses in Yorubaland, she is noted for providing for the needs of the people. As a mortal, she was reputedly one of the wives of ̣Ṣango, the Alaafin of Oyo and the Yoruba god of thunder. Osun is said to have been a native of Igede-Ekiti, headquarters of Irepodun/Ifelodun local government area, Ekiti state, Nigeria hence her main source is situated at Igede-Ekiti. Osun, third child of the marriage between Ake (a hunter and prince from Ile-Ife) and Erindo (Ake's wife) that would also gave birth to fifteen more children including the popular Rivers Ogbese and Elemi. While Ogbese was the brand lege

Flows through: Nigeria.

River data from Wikidata (CC0); lengths normalised to a common unit.