Commercial fishing occurs on the Niger River.

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

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.

A computer simulation study to plan the economic development of the Nile was directed by H.A.W.

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

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

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

DuBois (Episcopal Church (USA)) August 3 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Emancipation Day (Saint Vincent and the Grenadines) Flag Day (Venezuela) Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Niger from France in 1960.

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

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

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

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

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

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

This group is followed by the Ibibio Annang Efik people of the coastal southeastern Nigeria and the Ijaw of the Niger Delta.

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.

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

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

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

Flooding in Niamey in Niger Public Domain

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

This is a list of cities and towns in Niger.

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

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.

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.

Half a million children still face malnutrition in Niger.

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.

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.

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.

Within Niger, the Park is listed as a National Park, IUCN Type II, and is part of a larger complex of Reserves and protected areas.

When European colonial powers began to send ships along the West coast of Africa in the 16th and 17th centuries, the Senegal River was often postulated to be seaward end of the Niger.

These form Article 1 of the first part of the 1999 Constitution of Niger.

Holtz, T.R., Molnar, R.E., Currie, P.J.

1960 France legislates for the independence of Dahomey (later Benin), Upper Volta (later Burkina) and Niger.

Speaking in Lokoja, Nigerian President Umaru Yar'Adua stated that the project would lead to all year round navigability on the River Niger and that he hoped that, by 2020, Nigeria would have become one of the twenty most industrialised nations in the world.

Historically, what is now Niger has been on the fringes of several large states.

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.

In the fourteenth century, the powerful Mali Empire included parts of modern day Senegal, Guinea, and Niger.

Heavy rains and flooding in Niger have killed 12 people and left thousands without homes.

The area includes the largest rivers flowing in the country the Danube, Sava, Drava, Mura and Kupa.