Rivers of Mali Rivers of Mali - Niger River, Bani River, Bakoy River, Sankarani River, Bafinniger River, Bani River, Bakoy River, Sankarani River, Bafing River, List of Tributaries of the Niger, Talari Gorges G River, List of Tributaries of the Niger, Talari Gorges (Paperback)

Chapters: Niger River, Bani River, Bakoy River, Sankarani River, Bafing River, List of Tributaries of the Niger, Talari Gorges, Faleme River, Vallee de L'ahzar, Kankelaba River, Bagoe River, Banifing River, Kolimbine River, Karakoro River. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 45. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: The Niger River (pronounced ) is the principal river of western Africa, extending about 4,180 km (2,600 mi). Its drainage basin is 2,117,700 km (817,600 sq mi) 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 of 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 Zaire River). Its main tributary is the Benue River. Different African languages have a variety of names for the river. The Niger is still called Jeliba or Joliba "great river" in Manding, Isa Ber "big river" in Songhay, and Oya, a Yoruba River Niger goddess. A good possibility for a source of "Niger" remains the Tuareg phrase gher n gheren "river of rivers," shortened to ngher, a local name used along the middle reaches of the river around Timbuktu. As Tuareg is a Berber language which traveled from the Mediterranean basin with the Tuareg in the 10th century, it provides a linguistic link between the two regions. Some Medieval and late Classical European maps used the name "Niger" applied only to the middle reaches of the river, in modern Mali, while Quorra or Kworra was used for the lower reaches in modern Nigeria. The name Niger was extended to cover the entire river on maps once Europeans realized that these were one an...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=2143