Andoni River

{{Short description|River in Nigeria}}

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The Andoni River{{Cite book |last=Ejituwu |first=Nkparom C. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qGMuAQAAIAAJ&sitesec=reviews |title=A History of Obolo (Andoni) in the Niger Delta |date=1991 |publisher=Manson Publishing Company |isbn=978-978-2451-45-3 |language=en}} (Okwan Obolo) is one of the many rivers in Rivers State, Nigeria.{{Cite web |title=Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People (MOSOP) |url=https://www.escr-net.org/member/movement-survival-ogoni-people-mosop |access-date=2023-05-05 |website=ESCR-Net |language=en}} Andoni River is located between the New Calabar River and Imo River.{{Cite web |last=Gentle |first=Komi |title=Source publication |url=https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Map-of-Andoni-river-system-showing-sample-locations-Source-Francis-et-al-2007-The_fig1_316494764}} It is believed to have derived its name from St. Anthony, a European explorer who visited the area in 15th century.[https://ir.unilag.edu.ng/handle/123456789/2970 The Obolo (Andoni) of the Eastern Niger Delta] – University of Lagos The mouth of the river gives way to large mangroves which are an important habitat for aquatic animals.{{Cite journal |last1=Zabbey |first1=Nenibarini |last2=Uyi |first2=Hanson |date=2014 |title=Community responses of intertidal soft-bottom macrozoobenthos to oil pollution in a tropical mangrove ecosystem, Niger Delta, Nigeria |url=https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0025326X14001283 |journal=Marine Pollution Bulletin |language=en |volume=82 |issue=1–2 |pages=167–174 |doi=10.1016/j.marpolbul.2014.03.002|pmid=24667085 |url-access=subscription }}