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The '''Benito''' is a river in Equatorial Guinea. It is known locally as the '''Mbini River''', and, at least as it flows in its westerly part through the Monte Alen National Park, as the '''Uoro River'''.<ref name=Bird>{{Cite web|url=http://www.birdlife.org/datazone/sitefactsheet.php?id=6381 |title=Monte Alen National Park|accessdate=1 May 2015|publisher=Birdlife International}}</ref> The river rises in Gabon and crosses into Equatorial Guinea where it divides the country roughly along the middle, running east to west. At the mouth to the Atlantic Ocean lies the town of Mbini, as well as large mangrove stands that extend {{convert|20|km}} inland.<ref>''A directory of African wetlands'' By R. H. Hughes, J. S. Hughes, p. 499-501 (on Google Books: [https://books.google.com/books?id=VLjafeXa3gMC&dq=benito+river+equatorial+guinea&pg=PA500])</ref> Only this {{convert|20|km}} portion of the river is navigable. The river is used to float logs for forestry operations.<ref>''The geography of modern Africa'' By William Adams Hance, p. 291 (on Google Books: [https://books.google.com/books?id=zlBSDK4lNMgC&dq=benito%20river%20equatorial%20guinea&pg=PA291])</ref> The cichlid genus ''Benitochromis'' takes the first part of its name from the Benito River.<ref name = ETYFish>{{cite web | url = https://www.etyfish.org/cichlidae2/ | title = Order CICHLIFORMES: Family CICHLIDAE: Subfamily PSEUDOCRENILABRINAE (a-g) | accessdate= 22 November 2018 | author1 = Christopher Scharpf | author2 = Kenneth J. Lazara | name-list-style = amp | work = The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database | publisher = Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara | date = 22 July 2018}}</ref>
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{{Rivers of Equatorial Guinea}} {{Authority control}}
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Category:Rivers of Equatorial Guinea Category:Rivers of Gabon Category:International rivers of Africa
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