Niger River Animals

The Niger River is the main river of West Africa, extending about 4,180 kilometres. Its drainage basin is 2,117,700 km² 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 River is the main river of West Africa, extending about 4,180 kilometres. Its drainage basin is 2,117,700 km² 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, exceeded by the Nile and the Congo River. Its main tributary is the Benue River.
  • Etymology: Unknown (possibly from Berber for River Gher or local Tuareg word n-igereouen meaning "big rivers")
  • Countries: Guinea · Mali · Niger · Benin · Nigeria
  • Cities: Tembakounda · Bamako · Timbuktu · Niamey · Lokoja · Onitsha
  • Mouth: Atlantic Ocean
  • Length: 4,200 km (2,600 mi)
  • Basin size: 2,117,700 km² (817,600 sq mi) to 2,273,946 km² (877,975 sq mi)
  • Progression: Gulf of Guinea
Data from: en.wikipedia.org