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the Niger River from southern Niamey, with the Kennedy Bridge in the distance. Seasonally shallow and broken by rapids, the river is difficult for large boats to navigate. The Niger River is navigable 300 km from Niamey to Gaya on the Benin frontier from mid-December to March. Thereafter, a series of falls and rapids rendered the Niger ...
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 1 January 2025. Major river in West Africa Niger River Fleuve Niger (French) Joliba (Maninka) Jeliba (Bambara) Maayo Ɓaleewo 𞤃𞤢𞥄𞤴𞤮 𞤄𞤢𞤤𞤫𞤮 (Fula) Egerew ⴻⴳⴻⵔⴻⵡ (Tamasheq) Issa Beri (Zarma) Kwara (Hausa) Toru Beni (Ijo languages) Ọya (Yoruba) Óshimiri/ Oshimili ...
The Second Niger bridge is a Nigerian Federal Government project that is 1.6 km (0.99 mi) long and furnished with other ancillary infrastructure including a 10.3 km (6.4 mi) highway, Owerri interchange and a toll station all at Obosi city near Onitsha, inaugurated in March 2022.
Benue River (French: la Bénoué), previously known as the Chadda River or Tchadda, is a major tributary of the Niger River. [2] The size of its catchment basin is 319,000 km 2 (123,000 sq mi). Almost its entire length of approximately 1,400 kilometres (870 mi) is navigable during the summer months .
The coal could be brought up the Niger River directly to Ajaokuta, but the Niger River was only seasonally navigable and would have to be dredged to be navigable year-round. The coal could also be loaded at Port Harcourt on the Eastern Line, but Nigeria's Cape gauge railways had insufficient capacity.
In 2023, alongside a team from the National Geographic Okavango Wilderness Project, he undertook a 39-day journey by canoe down the Cassai River in Angola, covering over 754 kilometers (469 miles ...
The 500 billion CFA franc ($808 million) project, located about 180 kilometres northwest of the capital Niamey, is set to have a capacity of 130 MW and also provide irrigation and boost food ...
Across the Amazon region, communities are facing isolation due to lower river navigability. Residents cannot travel to buy food, and crops are being harmed, besides the fish that are killed when ...