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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 .
An unusual feature of the river is the Inner Niger Delta, which forms where its gradient suddenly decreases. [20] The result is a region of braided streams, marshes, and large lakes; the seasonal floods make the Delta extremely productive for both fishing and agriculture. [21] Boy bringing back his canoe on the Niger River (2022)
Inland delta of the Niger River.. An inverted river delta is a river delta in which the narrow end of the delta emerges on the seafront and the wide end is located further inland, so that with respect to the seafront, the locations of both ends of the delta are inverted.
Pages in category "Inner Niger Delta" The following 12 pages are in this category, out of 12 total. ... Niger River; Njaba River; O. Oguta; Orashi River; Osemotor
The Niger Delta is made up of various networks of rivers and creeks mostly distributaries of the Niger River. [8] The soils of the delta vary by the shifting rivers and creeks, with sand and loam marking the remains of old levees, water-logged heavy clay in the backswamps behind the levees, and silty loam and clay on the higher ground. [1]
The river enters the Inland Niger Delta north of San and after the annual rains the river floods (the French word crue is sometimes used) and covers the floodplain. There is a significant inter-annual variation in the rainfall and, as a consequence, in the quantity of water flowing in the river.
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