The Sota is a river of northern Benin flowing through the departments of Borgou and Alibori.

[1] The Sota rises northeast of the town of Ndali in the Borgou Department.

The annual precipitation has been recorded at several stations in the basin of the Sota: There is everywhere a large surplus rainfall from July to September (boreal summer), giving rise to violent floods, but the deficit is a severe dry season from December to April.

At Couberi, the average annual flow module or observed during this period was 31 m3/s (1,100 cu ft/s) for an area taking into account 9,111 to 13,410 km2 (3,518 to 5,178 sq mi).

The monthly average flows observed from February to April are from 3.7–3.9 m3/s (130–140 cu ft/s), which is quite remarkable in Africa at its discretion, with other rivers in the region falling consistently enough to nearly dry up in the dry season.