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The Niger River is a relatively clear river, carrying only a tenth as much sediment as the Nile because the Niger's headwaters lie in ancient rocks that provide little silt. [20] Like the Nile, the Niger floods yearly; this begins in September, peaks in November, and finishes by May. [ 20 ]
Map of Niger. Mud houses on the center island at Lake Debo, a wide section of the Niger River. This is a list of rivers in Niger. This list is arranged by drainage basin, with respective tributaries indented under each larger stream's name.
This is a list of the Tributaries of the Niger River. They are listed by nation, at the point they converge into the Niger. This list is incomplete; ...
The River Niger is one of Nigeria's most important waterways [AFP] At least 54 bodies have now been recovered from Nigeria’s River Niger after a boat, that may have been carrying more than 200 ...
The River Niger is a 1976 film adaptation of the 1972 Joseph A. Walker play of the same title. The film was directed by Krishna Shah, and starred James Earl Jones, Cicely Tyson, and Louis Gossett Jr. The film had a limited commercial release in 1976 and has rarely been seen in later years.
The Azawagh refers to the dry structural basin, which once carried a northern tributary of the Niger River, the Azawagh river, known as Dallol Bosso further south. The river, which ran some 1,600 kilometres (990 mi) in prehistoric times, dried up after the Neolithic Subpluvial and created a basin of some 420,000 square kilometres (160,000 sq mi).
Niger, [a] officially the Republic of the Niger, [b] is a landlocked country in West Africa.It is a unitary state bordered by Libya to the northeast, Chad to the east, Nigeria to the south, Benin and Burkina Faso to the southwest, Mali to the west, and Algeria to the northwest.
The Inner Niger Delta, also known as the Macina or Masina, [2] is the inland river delta of the Niger River. It is an area of fluvial wetlands, lakes and floodplains in the semi-arid Sahel area of central Mali , just south of the Sahara Desert .