Otin River#Legend
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The Otin River is a river in Inisa, Osun State, Nigeria. It is impounded by the Eko-Ende Dam.{{Cite web |title=Otin River « HEYPLACES.COM.NG |url=https://heyplaces.com.ng/0644521/Otin_River |access-date=2023-07-11 |website=heyplaces.com.ng |language=en-NG}}
Legend
According to Yoruba mythology, the orisha Otin is personified in the Otin River.
She once protected the town of Inisa from invasion by its enemies, and the townspeople now worship her as a result.
Otin was originally from the town of Otan, but came to Inisa to help fight against invasions by its neighbors.
Region
The Otin River crosses the {{convert|950|km2}} Odo Otin Local Government Area in the northeast of Osun state, and gives it its name.{{sfn|Brief Historical Background, Odo-Otin}}
The river flows through rugged country, with elevations ranging from {{convert|35|to|400|m}} above sea level.{{Cite web |title=River Otin stream, Nigeria |url=https://ng.geoview.info/river_otin,2325478 |access-date=2023-07-11 |website=ng.geoview.info}}{{citation needed|date=July 2015}} Rainfall in the area is about {{convert|1400|mm}}, with the rainy season lasting from April to November.{{Cite web |title=River Otin / River Otin, Nigeria (general), Nigeria, Africa |url=https://travelingluck.com/Africa/Nigeria/Nigeria+(general)/_2325478_River+Otin.html |access-date=2023-07-11 |website=travelingluck.com}} Land cover is partly tropical rainforest, but there is also widespread rotational bush farming and cash crops like cocoa, kola and plantain are grown around the settlements.{{sfn|Adediji|Ajibade|2008|p=111}}
Course
The Otin River is {{convert|36|km}} long, with a peak discharge of {{convert|76.01|m3}} per second.
The drainage basin covers {{convert|475|km2}}.{{sfn|Salami|Bilewu|Ayanshola|Oritola|2009|p=26}}
It is a tributary of the Erinle River.
The Eko-Ende Dam in the Irepodun LGA on the Otin River was impounded in 1973 to form a reservoir with a capacity of 5.5 MCM.
The headworks were designed to supply potable water to the communities of Inisa, Oba, Eko-Ende, Eko-Ajala, Ikirun, Iragbiji and Okuku.{{citation needed|date=July 2015}} When the dam was built it flooded farmlands of the Oba people. As a quid-pro-quo, piped water was supplied to Oba.{{sfn|Farazmand|1999|p=517}}
Downstream, the Erinle Dam in the Olorunda LGA is an extension of the old Ede Dam on the Erinle River.{{citation needed|date=July 2015}}
The reservoir behind the Ede-Ernle dam extends about {{convert|12|km}} north along the Ernle River and covers the lowest portion of the Otin River.{{sfn|Adediji|Ajibade|2008|p=111}}
References
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Sources
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- {{cite web|ref={{harvid|Brief Historical Background, Odo-Otin}}|url=http://www.odo-otin.os.gov.ng/index.php/about-odo-otin-local-government/brief-history|title=Brief Historical Background|publisher=Odo-Otin Local Government|access-date=2014-08-17|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140808170258/http://www.odo-otin.os.gov.ng/index.php/about-odo-otin-local-government/brief-history|archive-date=2014-08-08|url-status=dead}}
- {{cite book|last=Farazmand|first=Ali|title=Handbook of Comparative and Development Public Administration
|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ozN1uextK7IC&pg=PA517|access-date=2014-08-17
|date=1999-09-01|publisher=CRC Press|isbn=978-0-203-90475-6}}
- {{cite book|last=Olajubu|first=Oyeronke|title=Women in the Yoruba Religious Sphere
|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FqSAmz6PyC0C&pg=PA81|access-date=2014-08-16
|date=2012-02-01|publisher=SUNY Press|isbn=978-0-7914-8611-5}}
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