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The wet season is warm, oppressive, and overcast and the dry season is hot and partly cloudy. It is very difficult to portray summers in Kaduna definitively. The time of January, February, Walk, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December is generally viewed as the best season for
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Due to recurring floods in Kaduna, the federal government established a flood control project. In 2022, flooding from the Kaduna river caused significant property damage to the surrounding area. In November 2022, two teenagers identified as Zakaria Aliyu Yahaya and Yusuf Abdullahi, aged 17 and 16 of
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Yearly temperature in Kaduna is 25.2 °C | 77.4 °F. Around 998 mm | 39.3 inch of precipitation falls every year. Over the course of the year, the temperature typically varies from 55 °F to 95 °F and is rarely below 50 °F or above 102 °F. Because of its nearness to
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have been linked to elevated temperatures and heavy metal concentrations in the River Kaduna (Arah, 1985). Untreated industrial wastes that are carelessly dumped directly or indirectly into River Kaduna's inflow wastewaters have been determined to be a source of pollution.
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floodplains. The river is used for fishing and transport of local produce.
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which flows for 550 kilometres (340 mi) through
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Kaduna River, view from the Sea Breeze, Kaduna, 2007
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