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Definition of Niger river
1. Noun. An African river; flows into the South Atlantic.
Group relationships: Benin, Dahomey, Republic Of Benin, French Guinea, Guinea, Republic Of Guinea, French Sudan, Mali, Republic Of Mali, Niger, Republic Of Niger, Federal Republic Of Nigeria, Nigeria
Generic synonyms: River
Lexicographical Neighbors of Niger River
Literary usage of Niger river
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Geographical Journal by Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain). (1906)
"401) t niger river and territories: JH Jackson, IX. 4031 Régime du Niger: H.
Bussen, V. 283 t Source of the Niger ..."
2. Nature's Strongholds: The World's Great Wildlife Reserves by Laura Riley, William Riley (2005)
"Downstream the valleys open to flatter terrain which, together with floodplains
of the niger river, create wetlands noted of world importance by the Ramsar ..."
3. The African Repository by American Colonization Society (1877)
"THE niger river.—The reports for the niger river Episcopal Mission for 1874 are
highly encouraging. Seven men, who have been in the training school at ..."
4. Mitchell's Geographical Reader: A System of Modern Geography, Comprising a by Samuel Augustus Mitchell (1840)
"In Mr. Park's time it comprised one kingdom, but now appears to be divided into
two, which, in reference to their situation on the niger river, ..."
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