|Niger River (Joliba, Orimiri, Isa Ber, Oya, gher n gheren)|
|Name origin: Unknown. Likely From Berber for River gher|
|Countries||Guinea, Mali, Niger, Benin, Nigeria| |- left||Sokoto
River, Kaduna River, Benue River| |- right||Bani River|
|Cities||Tembakounda, Bamako, Timbuktu, Niamey, Lokoja, Onitsha|
|- location||Gulf of Guinea, Nigeria| |Length||4,180 km (2,597
mi)| |Basin||2,117,700 km2 (817,649 sq mi)| |Discharge||for
Niger Delta| |- average||5,589 m3/s (197,374 cu ft/s) | |-
max||27,600 m3/s (974,685 cu ft/s) | |- min||500 m3/s (17,657 cu
ft/s)| The Niger River (// NY-jər) is the principal river of
western Africa, extending about 4,180 km (2,600 mi). Its
drainage basin is 2,117,700 km2 (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 or the Oil Rivers, into the Gulf of
Guinea in the Atlantic Ocean. The Niger is