SSC MTS EXAM

Detailed explanation-1: -Niger River, principal river of western Africa. With a length of 2, 600 miles (4, 200 km), it is the third longest river in Africa, after the Nile and the Congo. The Niger is believed to have been named by the Greeks. Along its course it is known by several names.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Niger River is the principal river of western Africa, extending over 2500 miles (about 4000 km). It runs in a crescent through Guinea, Mali, Niger, on the border with Benin and then through Nigeria, discharging through a massive delta, known as the Oil Rivers, into the Gulf of Guinea.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Niger River, with a total length of about 4100 km, is the third-longest river in Africa, after the Nile and the Congo/Zaire Rivers, and the longest and largest river in West Africa. The source of the Niger River farthest away from the mouth is in the mountains of Guinea near the border with Sierra Leone.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Niger River is the third-longest river in Africa and flows through four countries in West Africa. It begins in the highlands of Guinea and travels northeast through Mali, passing through the Inland Delta, up to the southern border of the Sahara Desert.