River Katsina Ala is a river in central Nigeria

Middle Belt

The Middle Belt is a human geographical term designating the region of central Nigeria populated largely by minority ethnic groups and stretching across the country longitudinally. The Middle Belt is indeterminate in that it lacks designated "borders" and is charactized by a heterogeneity and...

.It serves as a major tributary of the River Benue in Nigeria

Nigeria

Nigeria , officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a federal constitutional republic comprising 36 states and its Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. The country is located in West Africa and shares land borders with the Republic of Benin in the west, Chad and Cameroon in the east, and Niger in...

. The source of the river is found on the Bamenda highlands in northwestern Cameroon

Cameroon

Cameroon, officially the Republic of Cameroon , is a country in west Central Africa. It is bordered by Nigeria to the west; Chad to the northeast; the Central African Republic to the east; and Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, and the Republic of the Congo to the south. Cameroon's coastline lies on the...

. It flows 200 miles (320 km) northwest in Cameroon,crossing the Nigerian Cameroon border into Nigeria.

Location

River Katsina Ala is found mainly in Benue State

Benue State

Benue is a state in the Middle-Belt region of Nigeria with a population of about 2.8 million in 1991. Tiv, Idoma, and Igede are spoken predominantly. There are other ethnic groups as well. These include Etulo and Abakwa...

 of Nigeria, after crossing the border between Nigeria and Cameroon before emptying its content into the River Benue.

Towns

Katsina Ala is the major town found along the course of river Katsina Ala , but numerous hamlets and villages abound along the river bank.