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Niger River
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Niger River
The
Niger River
( ; , ) is the principal
river
of western
Africa
, extending about . Its
drainage basin
is in area. Its source is in the
Guinea Highlands
in southeastern
Guinea
. It runs in a crescent through
Mali
,
Niger
, on the border with
Benin
and then through
Nigeria
, discharging through a massive
delta
, known as the
Niger Delta
or the
Oil Rivers
, into the
Gulf of Guinea
in the
Atlantic Ocean
. The Niger is the third-longest river in Africa, exceeded only by the
Nile
and the
Congo River
(also known as the Zaïre River). Its main
tributary
is the
Benue River
.
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