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The National Park of Upper Niger is a national park in Guinea that was gazetted in January 1997 with a core area of 554 km 2 (214 sq mi). [1] The park protects important tracts of forest and savannah , and is considered a conservation priority for West Africa as a whole.
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 15 February 2025. Major river in West Africa Niger River Fleuve Niger (French) Joliba (Maninka) Jeluba (Bambara) Mayo Ɓalewo 𞤃𞤢𞥄𞤴𞤮 𞤄𞤢𞤤𞤫𞤮 (Fula) Egerew ⴻⴳⴻⵔⴻⵡ (Tamasheq) Issa Beri (Zarma) Kwara (Hausa) Toru Beni (Ijo languages) Ọya (Yoruba) Óshimiri/ Oshimili ...
Upper Senegal and Niger (French: Haut Sénégal et Niger) was a colony in French West Africa, created on 21 October 1904 from colonial Senegambia and Niger by the decree "For the Reorganisation of the general government of French West Africa".
Dry Sahel (Algeria, Chad, Egypt, Libya, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Sudan, Western Sahara) Eburneo (Burkina Faso, Côte d'Ivoire, Mali) Ethiopian Highlands ; Lake Chad Catchment (Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Nigeria, Sudan) Yaéré (seasonal wetland) Niger. Upper Niger (Côte d'Ivoire, Guinea, Mali) Inner Niger Delta (Mali)
Below Lake Debo, the Niger valley is marked by a large number of lakes, which are lower than the river level. [11] As part of the central delta, the lake is the largest. As it is a part of the Niger River, its size varies with the fluctuation in the water level. [8] and maximum flood occurs in the river during November and December. [10]
Mungo Park commemorative medal. Mungo Park (10 September 1771 – 1806 [1] [2]) was a Scottish explorer of West Africa.After an exploration of the upper Niger River around 1796, he wrote a popular and influential travel book titled Travels in the Interior Districts of Africa in which he theorized the Niger and Congo merged to become the same river, though it was later proven that they are ...
It is located on the Niger River, near the rapids that divide the upper and middle Niger valleys in the southwestern part of the country. Bamako is the nation's administrative center. The city proper is a cercle in its own right. Bamako's river port is located in nearby Koulikoro, along with a major regional trade and conference center.
Senegambia and Niger was a short-lived administrative unit of the colonial French West Africa ... and reorganized in 1904 into Upper Senegal and Niger. [1] Stamps