Commercial fishing occurs on the Niger River.

Niger ( or ), officially the Republic of Niger, is a landlocked country in Western Africa, named after the Niger River.

During this time, flooding of the Niger River is common, creating the Inner Niger Delta.

The sources of the Niger River, Gambia River, and Senegal River are all found in the Guinea Highlands.

These were mainly Bambaras, Malinkés and Somonos around the Niger River.

They live as far upriver on the Niger River as Gao, Mali.

The Niger is the third longest river in Africa, exceeded only by the Nile and the Congo River.

It sits of the north ( left ) bank of the River Niger in the city centre.

Management and development The water in the Niger River basin is partially regulated through dams.

The most important tributary of the Niger in Nigeria is the Benue River which merges with the river at Lokoja in Nigeria.

Spread along the Niger River in Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger, throughout the historic Songhai Empire, including its former capital Gao and the well known city of Timbuktu.

It is bounded to the north by the Niger River, south by the airport and the commune of Kalabancoro, and to the east by the Commune VI and Niger.

The modern nations of Nigeria and Niger take their names from the river, marking contesting national claims by colonial powers of the Upper , Lower and Middle Niger river basin during the Scramble for Africa at the end of the 19th century.

An unusual feature of the river is the Inner Niger Delta, which forms where its gradient suddenly decreases.

The FAO estimates the irrigation potential of all countries in the Niger river basin at 2.8 million hectares.

They migrated west from the Niger River in search of better agricultural lands and more opportunities for conquest.

The origin of the name Niger , which originally applied only to the middle reaches of the river, is uncertain.

The Mali Empire later formed on the upper Niger River, and reached the height of power in the 14th century.

Nigeria After the Niger river that flows through the western areas of the country and into the ocean and Area.

Niger is equally important, and I'm trying desperately to do something in Niger.

The northern part of the river, known as the Niger bend , is an important area because it is the major river and source of water in that part of the Sahara desert.

With an area of , Benin extends from the Niger River in the north to the Atlantic Ocean in the south, a distance of .

More recently, Norwegian adventurer Helge Hjelland made another journey through the entire length of the Niger River starting in Guinea Bissau in 2005.

This boat trip was an opportunity to explore his own country and to illustrate the many aspects of the 2,600 miles long Niger river.

It is bounded to the east by Commune III, north, west by Kati Cercle and south by the left bank of the Niger River.

River transport and dredging In September 2009, the Nigerian government commenced a 36 billion naira dredging of the Niger River from Baro to Warri, a move which will see silt removed from several hundred miles.

To the main African rivers belong Nile (the longest river of Africa), Congo (river with the highest water discharge on the continent) and the Niger, which flows half of its length through the arid areas.

Unusual route The Niger takes one of the most unusual routes of any major river, a boomerang shape that baffled European geographers for two millennia.

Through the descriptions of Leo Africanus and even Ibn Battuta despite his visit to the river the myth connecting the Niger to the Nile persisted.

The water resources of the Niger River are under pressure due to increased water abstraction for irrigation and due to the impact of climate change.

Niger African Kitchen Paris, Paris 11

It is bounded to the east by the backwater of Korofina at the west foot of the Point G hill, and to the south by Niger River.

Omodudu writes of the Niger Delta stating

Flooding in Niamey in Niger Public Domain

It runs in a crescent through Mali, Niger and then through Nigeria, discharging through the Niger Delta into the Atlantic.

Medieval European maps applied the name Niger to the middle reaches of the river, in modern Mali, but Quorra (Kworra) to the lower reaches in modern Nigeria, as these were not recognized at the time as being the same river.

In Niger, slavery is also a current phenomenon.

The Bamako Grand Mosque is located in the city centre of Bamako, situated north of the Niger River near the central Market ( Grand Marche ) and the colonial era Bamako Cathedral.

Agriculture is the main economic activity, notably in the vast internal delta of the Niger River, home to many tribes, including the Dogon, a people remarkable for their sculpture and architecture.

Half a million children still face malnutrition in Niger.

We're talking about Ethiopia, but let's talk about Niger or Niger, in our English language north of Nigeria that's where this photograph was taken.

Fon (native name Fon gbè, pronounced ) is part of the Gbe language cluster and belongs to the Volta Niger branch of the Niger Congo languages.

Other major rivers include the River Liffey, River Lee, River Blackwater, River Nore, River Suir, River Barrow, River Bann, River Foyle, River Erne, and River Boyne.

The important ones include Actopan River, Acuatempan river, Río Blanco, Cazones River, Coatzacoalcos River, Río de La Antigua, Hueyapan River, Jamapa River, Nautla River, Pánuco River, Papaloapan River, Tecolutla River, Tonalá River, Tuxpan River and Xoloapa River.

Niger borders seven countries and has a total perimeter of .