NIGER RIVER NEW WORLD ENCYCLOPEDIA NAVIGATION CATEGORIES SPORTS SOCIAL SCIENCES LINKS LINK PREVIOUS NIGER RIVER BASIN GREEN PRINCIPAL RIVER WESTERN MILES RUNS CRESCENT ON THE BORDER BENIN MASSIVE OIL RIVERS THE GULF OF GUINEA NIGER THE THIRD IN AFRICA THE NILE CONGO RIVERS TRIBUTARY BENUE RIVER HISTORY 2 ETYMOLOGY GEOGRAPHY NIGER INLAND DELTA NIGER DELTA PRESERVATION DEVELOPMENT NOTES REFERENCES CREDITS THOUSAND YEARS AGO PRIME THE MALI EMPIRE TRADERS GOLD PIROGUE DOWN GHANA TIMBUKTU WHENCE CAMEL TRIPOLI THE ARAB ANCIENT ROUTES EXISTED THE SAHARA THE EARLY SEKU AMADU MASSINA EMPIRE INLAND DELTA BUILDING CAPITAL HAMDULLAHI FELL EL HADJ UMAR TALL TOUCOULEUR EMPIRE TURN FRENCH THE REGION THE COUNTRY MALI INDEPENDENCE IN PORTUGUESE THE COAST SEVENTEENTH CENTURY COASTAL TRADE DEALING THE YEARS THE SLAVE TRADE FLOURISHED NEARLY HALF TOTAL NUMBER SLAVES EXPORTED AFRICA KULIKORO ORIGIN NAME LATIN WORD EVIDENCE PORTUGUESE EXPLORERS NEGRO ELSEWHERE IN THE WORLD CASE BLACK WATER THUS THOUGHT THE THIRTY LANGUAGES LOWER REACHES HYPOTHESIS COMES TUAREG PHRASE THE MIDDLE THE RIVER THE NATIONS NIGERIA THE PEOPLE VARIETY NAMES MEANING QUORRA THE LAST IDENTITY UPPER THE ROMANS HEARD DASIBARI HOUSES THE CENTER ISLAND LAKE DEBO WIDE SECTION CLEAR RIVER CARRYING TENTH HEADLANDS ROCKS LITTLE FLOODS BEGINS IN SEPTEMBER PEAKS TAKES MAJOR BOOMERANG SHAPE BAFFLED EUROPEAN GEOGRAPHERS THE ATLANTIC OCEAN AWAY FROM THE SEA SHARP RIGHT HEADS SOUTHEAST ROMANS THE NILE RIVER BELIEF IBN BATTUTA EXPLORERS WEST SENEGAL RIVER TRUE COURSE PROBABLY WESTERNERS LATE NINETEENTH CENTURY THE BOOK TRAVELS THE INTERIOR SCOTTISH EXPLORER MUNGO PARK TRAVELED UP THE RIVER STRANGE APPARENTLY UPPER NIGER THE SOURCE PAST TRADING CITY OF THE BEND THE CURRENT ONCE HILLS LAKE SOUTH DRIED THE TWO RIVERS ALTERED EXPLANATION GENERALLY ACCEPTED NORTHERN AREA WATER FOCAL POINT TRADE THE WESTERN SAHARA SAHELIAN KINGDOMS REACHED SEGOU CANOES CROWDED STATE PROSPECT CIVILIZATION MAGNIFICENCE FEATURE GRADIENT SUDDENLY REGION BRAIDED LAKES SEASONAL PRODUCTIVE FISHING ALSO KNOWN AS COURSE CITIES MOPTI LIE THE 400 FULANI DOGON MACINA WET SEASON THE SWAMP NATURALLY DRY SEASON NETWORK RICE AGRICULTURAL FISH MALIANS LIVING LESS RAIN DENSELY POPULATED IN NIGERIA SOMETIMES PRODUCER PALM OIL BRITISH OIL RIVERS PROTECTORATE NIGER COAST PROTECTORATE DEFINED NIGERIAN GOVERNMENT SQUARE KILOMETERS PERCENT LANDMASS ABIA AKWA IBOM BAYELSA STATE CROSS RIVER STATE EDO STATE IMO STATE ONDO STATE TWENTY PEOPLE FORTY ETHNIC SPEAKING LIVE IN THE MAJORITY IN MODERN TIMES OIL WELLS BARRELS EXTRACTED EXPORT THE NATURAL GAS IMMEDIATELY RATE BILLION CUBIC FEET EQUIVALENT AFRICAN NATURAL GAS LARGEST GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS DEVASTATION INDUSTRY LACK OIL WEALTH AGGRAVATING FACTORS ENVIRONMENTAL MOVEMENTS RECENT GUERRILLA ACTIVITY THE MOVEMENT FOR EMANCIPATION THE PULSE COMMUNITIES THE BASIN RELIANT STRETCHING THE HIGHLANDS GUINEA VITAL STOPOVER MILLIONS ITSELF SPECIES ENDEMIC SPECIES NIGER BASIN AUTHORITY INTERGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION WEST AFRICA FOSTER COOPERATION RESOURCES BURKINA NIAMEY NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC SOCIETY BASIN WORLD WILDLIFE FUND AFRICAN HISTORY TIMES ADDISON WESLEY LONGMAN ISBN SHEILA KEY PORTER BOOKS THE HISTORY OF CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS JAMES GEOGRAPHIC YALE UNIVERSITY PRESS TECHNOLOGY ENGINEERS WITHOUT BORDERS WRITERS THE WIKIPEDIA ARTICLE ACCORDANCE TERMS CREATIVE COMMONS LICENSE DISSEMINATED PROPER CREDIT REFERENCE THE NEW WORLD SELFLESS VOLUNTEER THE WIKIMEDIA FOUNDATION CITE CLICK HERE CITING HISTORY OF CONTRIBUTIONS WIKIPEDIANS ACCESSIBLE RESEARCHERS APPLY IMAGES PAGE LAST CONTENT AVAILABLE CREATIVE COMMONS ATTRIBUTION TERMS OF USE PRIVACY POLICY DISCLAIMERS MEDIAWIKI