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This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 25 November 2024. 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 ...
In particular, there seems to exist disagreement as to whether the Nile [3] or the Amazon [4] is the world's longest river. The Nile has traditionally been considered longer, but in 2007 and 2008 some scientists claimed that the Amazon is longer [5] [6] [7] by measuring the river plus the adjacent Pará estuary and the longest connecting tidal ...
This is a list of rivers in Africa. See below each river's article for its tributaries, drainage areas, etc. ... Largest primary rivers of Africa by discharge (>100 m ...
The Congo River, [a] formerly also known as the Zaire River, is the second-longest river in Africa, shorter only than the Nile, as well as the third-largest river in the world by discharge volume, following the Amazon and Ganges rivers. It is the world's deepest recorded river, with measured depths of around 220 m (720 ft). [10]
Primary river 133 Africa: Sankuru: 2,500 1,200 756 156,000 Kasai: Tributary river 134 Asia: ... Largest rivers in the world by volume discharge: River Average ...
The Niger is the third longest river in Africa after the Nile and the Congo. It moves 7,000 m 3 /s water at Onitsha, which is more than a hundred times as much as the Thames in London (65 m 3 /s) and almost three times as much as the Missouri river (2,450 m 3 /s) before reaching St. Louis. The Niger also separates Nigeria's populous southwest ...
Second-longest river in China and the sixth-longest river system on Earth. Birthplace of ancient Chinese civilization. [96] 4.29 billion tons of waste and sewage discharged in 2007 alone, mainly from urban factories and manufacturing facilities. [97] One-third of the river's course rendered unusable even for agricultural or industrial use. [98 ...
Second-longest and largest river in the world, undammed as well as unbridged, does not form a delta while joining the sea due to adequate thrust of river water to overcome the sea water wave and tidal thrusts. 1 Lena River: 4,472 km (2,779 mi) 2,500,000 km 2 (970,000 sq mi) 17,000 m 3 /s (600,000 cu ft/s) Arctic Ocean: Longest undammed river in ...