Niger River
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niger-river-184-8780638
title:
Niger River
text:
The Niger River is the main river of West Africa, extending about 4,180 kilometres. Its drainage basin is 2,117,700 km (817,600 sq mi) in area. Its source is in the Guinea Highlands in south-eastern Guinea near the Sierra Leone border. It runs in a crescent shape through Mali, Niger, on the border with Benin and then through Nigeria, discharging through a massive delta, known as the Niger Delta, into the Gulf of Guinea in the Atlantic Ocean. The Niger is the third-longest river in Africa, excee
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Major river in West Africa
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niger_River
date created:
2002-02-25T15:51:15Z
date modified:
2024-09-07T06:59:36Z
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13
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