Niger River
The Niger River (French: (le) fleuve Niger, pronounced [(lə) flœv niʒɛʁ]) is the principal river o wastren Africae, extendin aboot 4,180 km (2,600 mi).
Niger River Fleuve Niger (Joliba, Orimiri, Isa Ber, Oya, gher n gheren) | |
Name oreegin: Unkent. Likely Frae Berber for River gher | |
Kintras | Guinea, Mali, Niger, Benin, Nigerie |
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Tributaries | |
- left | Sokoto River, Kaduna River, Benue River |
- right | Bani River |
Ceeties | Tembakounda, Bamako, Timbuktu, Niamey, Lokoja, Onitsha |
Soorce | Guinea Highlands |
Mooth | Atlantic Ocean |
- location | Gulf of Guinea, Nigerie |
Lenth | 4,180 km (2,597 mi) |
Basin | 2,117,700 km2 (817,649 sq mi) |
Discharge | for Niger Delta |
- average | 5,589 m3/s (197,374 cu ft/s) [1] |
- max | 27,600 m3/s (974,685 cu ft/s) [2] |
- min | 500 m3/s (17,657 cu ft/s) |