The Niger River is the main river of West Africa, extending about 4,180 kilimetres. Its drainage basin is Templet:Convert in area.[1] Its source is in the Guinea Highlands in south-eastern Guinea near the Sierra Leone border.[2][3] 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[4] (or the Oil Rivers), 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.

Commercial activity along the river front at Boubon, in Niger

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  2. "Niger River". geography.name. Retrieved 26 April 2021.
  3. Templet:Cite encyclopedia
  4. "Rivers of the World: The Niger River". Radio Netherlands Archives (in Brítísh Ínglish). 2002-12-04.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)