The Bonny Estuary or Bight of Bonny is an estuary on the coast of

Rivers State Rivers State, also known as Rivers, is a state in the Niger Delta region of southern Nigeria (Old Eastern Region). Formed in 1967, when it was split from the former Eastern Region, Rivers State borders include: Imo to the north, Abia and Akwa ...

Nigeria Nigeria ( ), , ig, Naìjíríyà, yo, Nàìjíríà, pcm, Naijá , ff, Naajeeriya, kcg, Naijeriya officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a country in West Africa. It is situated between the Sahel to the north and the Gulf o ...

near Port Harcourt. It forms part of the

Campo River The Campo (in Spanish: ''Río Campo'') or Ntem River is a border river in Cameroon, mainland Equatorial Guinea and Gabon. It rises in Gabon, and flows into the Atlantic Ocean in Cameroon in the Bight of Biafra. Towns * Campo * Minvoul, Gabon ...

delta. The area is dominated by mangrove swamp, similar in vegetation to the estuarine area of the

Niger Delta The Niger Delta is the delta of the Niger River sitting directly on the Gulf of Guinea on the Atlantic Ocean in Nigeria. It is located within nine coastal southern Nigerian states, which include: all six states from the South South geopolitic ...

.Erema R. Daka, Miebaka Moslen, Calista A. Ekeh and I. K. E. Ekweo, ''Sediment Quality Status of Two Creeks in the Upper Bonny Estuary, Niger Delta, in Relation to Urban/Industrial Activities''

Pollution

A significant inland water body is located behind the suburban Port Harcourt neighborhood of Amadi-Ama. This is the Amadi Creek, an estuary that is located upstream from the Bight of Benin on the north bank of the

Bonny River Bonny River is a river in Rivers State, Nigeria. Water taxis which move along the river provide the connection between Bonny Island and Port Harcourt, the capital of Rivers State, which lies alongside the river. See also *Bonny Light oil *Niger D ...

.In addition to the harmful oil spills, the waterway is also battling the swirling toxicity of plastic trash, endangering the specie

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Rivers of Rivers State Coasts of Nigeria Estuaries of Nigeria {{RiversNG-geo-stub