Forcados

The Forcados is a major western distributary of the Niger, carrying river water through the delta to the Atlantic. Its banks and adjoining creeks form a landscape of mangroves, tidal channels and low-lying settlements. Canoes provided the means to travel among communities in the waterways of the western delta, where Itsekiri, Ijo and Urhobo peoples maintained ties with the inland country. The river mouth opens onto the broad coast of the Bight of Benin.