نائجر درياهه
نائيجر درياهه | |
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![]() نيامي ۾ نائجر درياهه جي پار "پونٽ ڪينيڊي"، سال 2019ع | |
اشتقاق | اڻڄاتل (ممڪن طور تي بربر مان درياء گهير يا مقامي تواريگ لفظ "n-igereouen" معنيٰ ”وڏيون نديون“)[1] |
مقام | |
ملڪ | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
شھر | بماڪو • ٽمبڪٽو • نيامي • لوڪوجا • اونيتشا • ٽيمباڪنڊا |
طبعي وصفون | |
Source | |
• location | گني هاءِ لينڊ، گني-ڪوناڪري |
• coordinates | 09°05′50″N 10°40′58″W / 9.09722°N 10.68278°W |
• elevation | 850 ميٽر |
ڇوڙ | ائٽلانٽڪ سمنڊ |
- مقام | گني جي نار، نائيجيريا |
- محل وقوع | 5°19′20″N 6°28′9″E / 5.32222°N 6.46917°E |
- بلندي | 0 m (0 ft)} |
ڊيگھ | 4,200 ڪلوميٽر[2]} |
طاس جي ماپ | 2117700 چورس ڪلوميٽر کان 2273946 چورس ڪلوميٽر [8] |
ويڪر | |
- سراسري | 1.24 ڪلوميٽر کان 1.73 ڪلوميٽر (لوڪوجا) [3]} |
اونھائي | |
- وڌ ۾ وڌ | 37 ميٽر (لوڪوجا) [3] |
Discharge | |
• location | نائجر ڊيلٽا[4][5] |
• average | (دور: 2010 کان 2018ع تائين)
270.5 ڪعبي ڪلوميٽر في سال[6]
7922.3 ڪعبي ميٽر في سيڪنڊ[7] 6925 ڪعبي ميٽر في سيڪنڊ کان [5] کان 250 ڪعبي ڪلوميٽر في سال [2])} |
• minimum | 1200 ڪعبي ميٽر في سيڪنڊ} |
• maximum | 35000 ڪعبي ميٽر في سيڪنڊ} |
Discharge | |
• location | اونيتشا، نائيجيريا |
• average | (دور: 1971 کان 2000ع تائين)
6470.80 ڪعبي ميٽر في سيڪنڊ [7] |
Discharge | |
• location | لوڪوجا، نائيجيريا |
• average | (دورانيو: جون، 2000ع کان مئي، 2023ع)
6696 ڪعبي ميٽر في سيڪنڊ [9] (دورانيو: 1971–2000ع) 5745.7 ڪعبي ميٽر في سيڪنڊ [7] |
• minimum | (دور: جون، 2000 کان مئي، 2023ع تائين)
1864 ڪعبي ميٽر في سيڪنڊ [9] 500 m3/s (18٬000 cu ft/s)[10] |
• maximum | (دورانيو:جون، 2000ع کان مئي، 2023ع تائين)
21800 ڪعبي ميٽر في سيڪنڊ [9] 27600 ڪعبي ميٽر في [10] (04/10/2022: 33136 ڪعبي ميٽر في سيڪنڊ [9] |
Discharge | |
• location | نيامي، نائجر |
• average | (دورانيو: 2000/06/01–2023/05/31)
964 مڪعب ميٽر/سيڪنڊ [9] (دورانيو: 1971–2000) 373.7 مڪعب ميٽر/سيڪنڊ [7] |
• minimum | (دورانيو: 2000/06/01–2023/05/31)
60 ڪعبي ميٽر في سيڪنڊ [9] |
• maximum | (دورانيو: 2000/06/01–2023/05/31)
1994 مڪعب ميٽر/سيڪنڊ [9] |
Discharge | |
• location | بماڪو، مالي |
• average | (دورانيو: 1971ع–2000ع)1091.7 مڪعب ميٽر/سيڪنڊ [7] |
طاس جا تفصيل | |
وڌڻ جي اوسر | گني جي نار |
دريائي نظام | نائيجر درياهه |
شامل ٿيندڙ نديون | |
- کاٻي پاسي | ٽنڪيسو ندي، سوڪوٽو ندي، ڪدونا ندي، گرارا آبشار، بينو ندي، انامبرا ندي |
- ساڄي پاسي | نياندان ندي، ميلو ندي، سنڪاراني ندي، باني ندي، گوروول ندي، سربا ندي، ميکرو ندي، عليبوري ندي، سوٽا ندي، اولي ندي، اوراشي ندي، واري ندي |
نائيجر درياهه (انگريزي: Niger River، فرانسيسي: fleuve Niger) اولهه آفريڪا جو مکيه درياهه آهي، 4,180 ڪلوميٽر (2600 ميل) ڊگهو آهي. هن جي نيڪاس جو طاس جو علائقو 21,17,700 چورس ڪلوميٽر (817600 چورس ميل) آهي. [11] هن جو اصل سيراليون جي سرحد جي ويجهو ڏکڻ اوڀر گني ۾ گني هاءِ لينڊز کان شروع ٿئي ٿو.[12][13] اهو هڪ هلال جي شڪل ۾ مالي ۾ ۽ نائيجر مان، بينن جي سرحد تي وهي ٿو ۽ پوءِ نائيجيريا مان نائيجر ڊيلٽا ذريعي وهندو آهي[14] ۽ آخر ۾ ائٽلانٽڪ سمنڊ ۾ گني جي نار ۾ وهندو آهي. نائيجر آفريڪا ۾ نيل ۽ ڪانگو درياهه کانپوء ٽيون سڀ کان ڊگهو درياهه آهي. ان جي مکيه معاون ندي بينو ندي آهي.
نالو
[سنواريو]
علائقي جي مختلف ٻولين ۾ نائجر جا مختلف نالا آهن:
- فولا ٻولي: مايو جاليبا
- مينڊنگ ٻولي: جيليبا يا جوليبا، معني "عظيم ندي"
- طواريگ ٻولي: "دريائن جو درياء"
- سونگهي بولي: ايسا "درياء"
- زرما بولي: ايسا بيري "عظيم ندي"[15]
- هاوسا ٻولي: ڪورا (ڪوَرَ)
- نوپي ٻولي: اُدو
- يوروبا ٻولي: "اويا"، يوروبا جي ديوي اويا جي نالي تي
- اگبو ٻولي: اوريميري يا اوريميلي "عظيم پاڻي"
- اجاو ٻولي: تورو بيني "درياهه جو پاڻي"
درياهه لاءِ "نائيجر" (Niger) نالي جو سڀ کان پھريون استعمال ليو آفريڪانس (Leo Africanus) پنھنجي ڪتاب ”ڊيلا دسڪريسيون ديلا آفريڪا ايت ديلي ڪوسي نوتابيلي سي اوي سونو“ ( Della descrittione dell’Africa et delle cose notabili che ivi sono) ۾ ڪيو، جيڪي سال 1550ع ۾ ڇپيو.[16] پر ان جي باوجود، نگرس" (Nigris) اڳي ئي اولهه آفريڪا ۾ ھڪڙي نديءَ جو نالو ھو، جنھن جو ذڪر ٻين کانسوا پليني دي ايلڊر ۽ سولينس به ڪيو آھي.[17]
قرون وسطيٰ جي يورپي نقشن ۾ جديد مالي ۾ درياهه جي وچين پهاڙن تي "نائجر" ۽ جديد نائيجيريا ۾ هيٺئين پهاڙن تي "ڪوارا" جو نالو لاڳو ڪيو ويو، [18] ڇاڪاڻ ته ان وقت انهن کي ساڳئي درياهه جي طور تي تسليم نه ڪيو ويو هو. اهو صرف 18هين صدي جي سياح، "منگو پارڪ" جي دورن سان، جيڪو نائجر نديءَ جي هيٺان سفر ڪيو ۽ پنهنجي ڏينهن جي عظيم ساحيل جي سلطنتن جو دورو ڪيو، يورپين نائجر جي وهڪري کي صحيح طور تي سڃاڻي ورتو ۽ نالو ان جي پوري وهڪري تائين وڌايو.
- فولا: 𞤃𞤢𞥄𞤴𞤮 𞤔𞤢𞥄𞤤𞤭𞤦𞤢
- ماندنگ: ߖߋ߬ߟߌߓߊ߬ يا ߖߏ߬ߟߌߓߊ߬
- طواريگ: Eġərəw n-Igərǝwăn ⴴⵔⵓ ⵏ ⴴⵔⵓⵏ[19]
- سونگهي: Isa
- زرما: Isa Beeri"
- هاوسا: كوَرَ
- نوپي: Èdù
- يوروبا: Ọya
- اگبو: Orimiri or Orimili
- اجاو: Toru Beni
آبهوا
[سنواريو]As part of the West Africa Sahel region, the Niger River has a hot climate characterized by very high temperatures year-round; a long, intense dry season from October to May; and a brief, irregular rainy season linked to the West African monsoon.[20]
جاگرافي
[سنواريو]

The Niger River is a relatively clear river, carrying only a tenth as much sediment as the Nile because the Niger's headwaters lie in ancient rocks that provide little silt.[21] Like the Nile, the Niger floods yearly; this begins in September, peaks in November, and finishes by May.[21] An unusual feature of the river is the Inner Niger Delta, which forms where its gradient suddenly decreases.[21] The result is a region of braided streams, marshes, and large lakes; the seasonal floods make the Delta extremely productive for both fishing and agriculture.[22]

The river loses nearly two-thirds of its potential flow in the Inner Delta between Ségou and Timbuktu to seepage and evaporation. The water from the Bani River, which flows into the Delta at Mopti, does not compensate for the losses. The average loss is estimated at 31 km3/year but varies considerably between years.[8] The river is then joined by various tributaries but also loses more water to evaporation. The quantity of water entering Nigeria was estimated at 25 km3/year before the 1980s and at 13.5 km3/year during the 1980s.
The most important tributary is the Benue River which merges with the Niger at Lokoja in Nigeria. The total volume of tributaries in Nigeria is six times higher than the inflow into Nigeria, with a flow near the mouth of the river standing at 177.0 km3/year before the 1980s and 147.3 km3/year during the 1980s.[8]
Course
[سنواريو]The Niger takes one of the most unusual routes of any major river, a boomerang shape that baffled geographers for two centuries. Its source (Tembakounda) is 240 km (150 mi) inland from the Atlantic Ocean, but the river runs directly away from the sea into the Sahara Desert, then takes a sharp right turn near the ancient city of Timbuktu and heads southeast to the Gulf of Guinea. This strange geography apparently came about because the Niger River is two ancient rivers joined together. The upper Niger, from the source west of Timbuktu to the bend in the current river near Timbuktu, once emptied into a now dry lake to the east northeast of Timbuktu, while the lower Niger started to the south of Timbuktu and flowed south into the Gulf of Guinea. Over time upstream erosion by the lower Niger resulted in stream capture of the upper Niger by the lower Niger.[23]
The northern part of the river, known as the Niger bend, is an important area because it is the major river and source of water in that part of the Sahara. This made it the focal point of trade across the western Sahara and the centre of the Sahelian kingdoms of Mali and Gao. The surrounding Niger River Basin is one of the distinct physiographic sections of the Sudan province, which in turn is part of the larger African massive physiographic division.
Drainage basin
[سنواريو]The Niger River basin, located in western Africa, covers 7.5% of the continent and spreads over ten countries.
Niger River basin: areas and rainfall by country[8]
Country | Area of the country
within the basin |
Average
rainfall in the basin (mm) | |
---|---|---|---|
(km2) | (%) | ||
Algeria ![]() |
193,449 | 8.5 | 20 |
Benin ![]() |
46,384 | 2.0 | 1,055 |
Burkina Faso ![]() |
76,621 | 3.4 | 655 |
Cameroon ![]() |
89,249 | 3.9 | 1,330 |
Chad ![]() |
20,339 | 0.9 | 975 |
Côte d'Ivoire ![]() |
23,770 | 1.0 | 1,466 |
Guinea ![]() |
96,880 | 4.3 | 1,635 |
Mali ![]() |
578,850 | 25.5 | 440 |
Niger ![]() |
564,211 | 24.8 | 280 |
Nigeria ![]() |
584,193 | 25.7 | 1,185 |
For Niger basin | 2,273,946 | 100.0 | 690 |
Hydrometric stations on the Niger River[24][7][25][2]
Station | River
kilometer (rkm) |
Altitude
(m) |
Basin size
(km2) |
Multiannual average discharge | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Year
start |
(m3/s) | (km3) | ||||
Niger Delta | 0 | 0 | 2,273,946 | 1914 | 7,922.3 | 250 |
Lower Niger | ||||||
Onitsha | 270 | 14 | 2,240,019 | 1914 | 6,470.8 | 204 |
Lokoja | 480 | 34 | 2,204,500 | 1914 | 5,754.7 | 182 |
Baro | 600 | 47 | 1,845,300 | 1914 | 2,349.8 | 74 |
Jebba | 810 | 73 | 1,751,000 | 1970 | 1,457.3 | 46 |
Kainji Dam | 900 | 100 | 1,711,300 | 1970 | 1,153.9 | 36 |
Middle Niger | ||||||
Gaya | 1,120 | 156 | 1,404,600 | 1929 | 1,086.7 | 34 |
Malanville | 1,130 | 157 | 1,399,238 | 1929 | 1,086.7 | 34 |
Niamey | 1,420 | 176 | 791,121 | 1929 | 893.4 | 28 |
Ansongo | 1,770 | 241 | 647,527 | 1949 | 806.8 | 26 |
Gao | 1,860 | 245 | 549,876 | 1947 | 875.6 | 28 |
Timbuktu | 2,460 | 256 | 382,469 | 1975 | 950.7 | 30 |
Inner Delta | ||||||
Diré | 2,540 | 257 | 372,588 | 1924 | 1,113 | 35 |
Mopti | 2,900 | 261 | 308,186 | 1922 | 1,742.9 | 55 |
Upper Niger | ||||||
Ké Macina | 3,050 | 271 | 143,361 | 1945 | 1,330 | 42 |
Ségou | 3,200 | 280 | 132,838 | 1945 | 1,344.5 | 42 |
Koulikoro | 3,440 | 289 | 119,029 | 1907 | 1,351 | 43 |
Bamako | 3,500 | 316 | 114,800 | 1907 | 1,371.2 | 43 |
Siguiri | 3,600 | 337 | 67,631 | 1967 | 919 | 29 |
Kouroussa | 3,800 | 357 | 18,900 | 1950 | 232 | 7 |
Faranah | 4,040 | 424 | 3,196 | 1950 | 69.5 | 2 |

نيڪاس
[سنواريو]Average, minimum and maximum discharge of the Niger River at Koulikoro (Upper Niger), Niamey (Middle Niger) and Lokoja (Lower Niger). Period from 2000/06/01 to 2024/05/31.[9][26][27][28]
Water year | Discharge (m3/s) | ||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Koulikoro | Niamey | Lokoja | |||||||
Min | Mean | Max | Min | Mean | Max | Min | Mean | Max | |
2000/01 | 149 | 1,150 | 3,860 | 70.6 | 942 | 1,810 | 2,112 | 8,504 | 32,080 |
2001/02 | 140 | 1,270 | 5,520 | 48.9 | 895 | 1,680 | 2,157 | 5,338 | 18,885 |
2002/03 | 177 | 904 | 3,120 | 90.4 | 796 | 1,610 | 2,000 | 5,297 | 17,012 |
2003/04 | 92.7 | 1,230 | 5,210 | 21.6 | 922 | 1,870 | 1,592 | 6,225 | 19,025 |
2004/05 | 120 | 876 | 3,370 | 59 | 890 | 1,880 | 2,107 | 5,683 | 16,098 |
2005/06 | 121 | 1,060 | 3,400 | 73.9 | 856 | 1,660 | 1,801 | 4,849 | 13,792 |
2006/07 | 143 | 1,111 | 3,631 | 47.4 | 855 | 1,710 | 1,781 | 5,291 | 19,389 |
2007/08 | 34.2 | 962 | 4,854 | 33.2 | 925 | 1,840 | 2,227 | 6,767 | 19,941 |
2008/09 | 135 | 1,443 | 4,837 | 34 | 945 | 1,830 | 1,535 | 6,161 | 20,426 |
2009/10 | 142 | 1,302 | 4,660 | 2,101 | 7,637 | 20,534 | |||
2010/11 | 170 | 1,260 | 3,916 | 2,166 | 7,225 | 21,272 | |||
2011/12 | 92 | 924 | 3,912 | 801 | 1,835 | 5,736 | 16,912 | ||
2012/13 | 149 | 1,146 | 4,562 | 73 | 1,115 | 2,492 | 1,731 | 8,612 | 31,692 |
2013/14 | 137 | 1,080 | 6,297 | 852 | 1,546 | 5,783 | 16,430 | ||
2014/15 | 104 | 863 | 3,695 | 53 | 752 | 1,542 | 1,570 | 6,352 | 19,664 |
2015/16 | 129 | 1,002 | 3,719 | 53 | 958 | 2,123 | 1,753 | 6,054 | 27,285 |
2016/17 | 106 | 974 | 5,845 | 1,059 | 2,550 | 7,272 | 20,613 | ||
2017/18 | 77 | 677 | 2,338 | 107 | 801 | 1,791 | 2,058 | 6,781 | 21,020 |
2018/19 | 43 | 1,256 | 7,555 | 1,223 | 2,046 | 7,900 | 25,612 | ||
2019/20 | 174 | 933 | 4,158 | 10 | 1,060 | 2,677 | 1,594 | 8,751 | 24,800 |
2020/21 | 66 | 999 | 5,023 | 58 | 1,418 | 3,398 | 2,131 | 7,570 | 28,082 |
2021/22 | 77 | 824 | 3,275 | 135 | 1,106 | 2,121 | 2,021 | 5,913 | 17,688 |
2022/23 | 66 | 891 | 3,851 | 44 | 1,074 | 1,869 | 1,997 | 8,288 | 33,136 |
2023/24 | 55 | 748 | 3,401 | 44 | 874 | 1,595 | 2,107 | 7,491 | 20,578 |
Average discharge of the Niger River at Niger Delta (period from 2010 to 2018):[6]
Year | Average discharge | ||
---|---|---|---|
(km3) | (m3/s) | (cfs) | |
2010 | 288.1 | 9,130 | 322,410 |
2011 | 245.7 | 7,786 | 274,960 |
2012 | 320.3 | 10,150 | 358,440 |
2013 | 224.4 | 7,111 | 251,120 |
2014 | 251.2 | 7,960 | 281,110 |
2015 | 235.3 | 7,456 | 263,320 |
2016 | 286.8 | 9,088 | 320,950 |
2017 | 270.9 | 8,585 | 303,160 |
2018 | 311.6 | 9,874 | 348,700 |
2010–2018 | 270.5 | 8,572 | 302,710 |
Niger River at Lokoja
[سنواريو]Niger River at Lokoja average, minimum and maximum discharge (1946 to 2023):[29][9][26][27][28]
Water year | Discharge (m3/s) | Water year | Discharge (m3/s) | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Min | Mean | Max | Min | Mean | Max | ||
1946/47 | 788 | 4,824 | 16,600 | 1985/86 | 1,110 | 4,601 | 15,800 |
1947/48 | 1,010 | 6,258 | 21,000 | 1986/87 | 1,210 | 4,027 | 11,400 |
1948/49 | 915 | 6,427 | 20,900 | 1987/88 | 1,390 | 3,849 | 11,800 |
1949/50 | 842 | 5,849 | 19,200 | 1988/89 | 1,070 | 4,615 | 15,100 |
1950/51 | 935 | 4,755 | 15,000 | 1989/90 | 1,110 | 5,589 | 16,300 |
1951/52 | 1,290 | 6,662 | 20,400 | 1990/91 | 1,790 | 5,045 | 14,800 |
1952/53 | 2,260 | 5,674 | 18,300 | 1991/92 | 1,770 | 6,387 | 18,400 |
1953/54 | 1,840 | 6,405 | 18,500 | 1992/93 | 1,930 | 5,570 | 15,300 |
1954/55 | 2,130 | 7,733 | 24,900 | 1993/94 | 1,949 | 4,908 | 11,895 |
1955/56 | 2,400 | 8,247 | 24,600 | 1994/95 | 1,945 | 5,915 | 20,418 |
1956/57 | 1,870 | 5,394 | 18,100 | 1995/96 | 1,945 | 6,284 | 17,713 |
1957/58 | 1,480 | 7,769 | 23,600 | 1996/97 | 2,103 | 6,020 | 19,914 |
1958/59 | 2,020 | 4,828 | 14,700 | 1997/98 | 2,406 | 5,677 | 15,548 |
1959/60 | 1,530 | 5,228 | 18,300 | 1998/99 | 2,315 | 7,175 | 23,491 |
1960/61 | 1,250 | 6,707 | 22,200 | 1999/00 | 2,618 | 7,652 | 23,090 |
1961/62 | 979 | 4,912 | 15,500 | 2000/01 | 2,112 | 8,504 | 32,080 |
1962/63 | 1,150 | 7,101 | 24,100 | 2001/02 | 2,157 | 5,338 | 18,885 |
1963/64 | 1,710 | 6,764 | 20,500 | 2002/03 | 2,000 | 5,297 | 17,012 |
1964/65 | 1,160 | 6,128 | 20,800 | 2003/04 | 1,592 | 6,225 | 19,025 |
1965/66 | 1,310 | 5,914 | 18,600 | 2004/05 | 2,107 | 5,683 | 16,098 |
1966/67 | 1,320 | 6,545 | 20,000 | 2005/06 | 1,801 | 4,849 | 13,792 |
1967/68 | 928 | 5,812 | 19,700 | 2006/07 | 1,781 | 5,291 | 19,389 |
1968/69 | 1,720 | 6,558 | 18,800 | 2007/08 | 2,227 | 6,767 | 19,941 |
1969/70 | 1,630 | 7,927 | 23,500 | 2008/09 | 1,535 | 6,161 | 20,426 |
1970/71 | 1,640 | 6,229 | 20,100 | 2009/10 | 2,101 | 7,637 | 20,534 |
1971/72 | 1,270 | 5,360 | 17,600 | 2010/11 | 2,166 | 7,225 | 21,272 |
1972/73 | 1,410 | 4,489 | 14,400 | 2011/12 | 1,835 | 5,736 | 16,912 |
1973/74 | 839 | 3,698 | 12,200 | 2012/13 | 1,731 | 8,612 | 31,692 |
1974/75 | 832 | 5,275 | 17,100 | 2013/14 | 1,546 | 5,783 | 16,430 |
1975/76 | 1,300 | 5,848 | 19,600 | 2014/15 | 1,570 | 6,352 | 19,664 |
1976/77 | 1,320 | 5,136 | 12,000 | 2015/16 | 1,753 | 6,054 | 27,285 |
1977/78 | 1,310 | 4,662 | 15,500 | 2016/17 | 2,550 | 6,555 | 20,613 |
1978/79 | 1,080 | 5,636 | 17,000 | 2017/18 | 2,058 | 6,781 | 21,020 |
1979/80 | 1,210 | 5,510 | 17,800 | 2018/19 | 2,046 | 7,900 | 25,612 |
1980/81 | 1,400 | 5,215 | 16,700 | 2019/20 | 1,594 | 8,751 | 24,800 |
1981/82 | 1,340 | 5,312 | 18,400 | 2020/21 | 2,131 | 7,570 | 28,082 |
1982/83 | 1,330 | 4,270 | 11,600 | 2021/22 | 2,021 | 5,913 | 17,688 |
1983/84 | 862 | 2,877 | 9,180 | 2022/23 | 1,997 | 8,288 | 33,136 |
1984/85 | 862 | 3,058 | 8,490 | 2023/24 | 2,107 | 7,491 | 20,578 |
معاون نديون
[سنواريو]The main tributaries from the mouth:
Left
tributary |
Right
tributary |
Length
(km) |
Basin size
(km2) |
Average discharge
(m3/s) |
---|---|---|---|---|
Niger Delta | ||||
Sombreiro | 60 | 1,500 | 65 | |
Warri | 100 | 1,300 | 38.3 | |
Okpare | 40 | 1,100 | 73.1 | |
Eriola | 50 | 1,000 | 30.8 | |
Ase (Asse) | 180 | 3,500 | 133.6 | |
Orashi | 205 | 2,800 | 147.8 | |
Lower Niger | ||||
Anambra | 256 | 14,014 | 400.3 | |
Otaw | 40 | 1,100 | 48.9 | |
Awele (Edien) | 80 | 3,300 | 111.2 | |
Ubo | 70 | 1,400 | 25.8 | |
Aguro | 70 | 1,900 | 28.9 | |
Oiryi (Oji) | 67.72 | 927 | 15.7 | |
Benue | 1,400 | 338,385 | 3,477 | |
Gurara | 570 | 15,254 | 183.9 | |
Epu | 80 | 800 | 11.7 | |
Etsuan | 70 | 1,450 | 16.6 | |
Kampe | 175 | 9,560 | 126.5 | |
Gbako | 156 | 7,540 | 89.8 | |
Kaduna | 575 | 65,878 | 641.5 | |
Oro | 113 | 4,500 | 71 | |
Yunko | 70 | 1,698 | 15.9 | |
Oyi | 120 | 2,100 | 30.2 | |
Oshin | 125 | 2,132 | 27.5 | |
Awun | 115.5 | 6,300 | 81 | |
Eku | 90 | 3,230 | 25.3 | |
Moshi | 232.22 | 9,400 | 69.5 | |
Oli | 300 | 11,200 | 86.6 | |
Kontagora | 150 | 4,500 | 30.8 | |
Tama | 55 | 900 | 4 | |
Menai | 80 | 1,300 | 8.7 | |
Swashi | 100 | 1,500 | 10.4 | |
Kpan | 70 | 1,800 | 11.6 | |
Malendo | 220 | 9,127 | 62.9 | |
Baduru | 75 | 1,500 | 9.8 | |
Dan Zakhi | 110 | 3,000 | 26.7 | |
Sokoto | 628 | 193,000 | 294.1 | |
Shodu | 100 | 3,900 | 22.3 | |
Dallol Maouri | 250 | 72,551 | 10.5 | |
Sota | 254 | 13,500 | 50.3 | |
Alibori | 408 | 13,650 | 55.6 | |
Diare | 90 | 2,000 | 5.6 | |
Middle Niger | ||||
Dallol Bosso | 350 | 556,000 | 4.4 | |
Mékrou | 410 | 10,635 | 32.5 | |
Tapoa | 260 | 5,500 | 10.2 | |
Diamangou | 200 | 4,400 | 5.5 | |
Goroubi | 433 | 15.500 | 10.2 | |
Sirba | 439 | 39,138 | 27.2 | |
Gorouol | 250 | 60,842 | 9 | |
Tilemsi | 93,920 | |||
Inner Delta | ||||
Bani | 1,100 | 129,400 | 559 | |
Upper Niger | ||||
Sankarani | 679 | 33,288 | 305.6 | |
Fié | 210 | 4,045 | 31.7 | |
Koda (Koba) | 80 | 4,940 | 7.7 | |
Tinkisso | 570 | 19,430 | 181 | |
Milo | 430 | 13,590 | 188 | |
Niandan | 300 | 12,930 | 251 | |
Mafou | 160 | 4,075 | 62.3 | |
Niantan | 60 | 12.1 | ||
Bale | 80 | 31.6 |
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At the end of the African humid period around 5,500 years before present, the modern Sahara Desert, once a savanna, underwent desertification. As plant species sharply declined,[31] humans migrated to the fertile Niger River bend region, with abundant resources including plants for grazing and fish.[32] Like in the Fertile Crescent, many food crops were domesticated in the Niger River region, including yams, African rice (Oryza glaberrima), and pearl millet.[33] The Sahara aridification may have triggered, or at least accelerated, these domestications.[31] Agriculture, as well as fishing and animal husbandry, led to the rise of settlements like Djenné-Djenno in the Inner Delta, now a World Heritage Site.[34]
The region of the Niger bend, in the Sahel, was a key origin and destination for trans-Saharan trade, fueling the wealth of great empires such as the Ghana, Mali, and Songhai Empires. Major trading ports along the river, including Timbuktu and Gao, became centers of learning and culture. Trade to the Niger bend region also brought Islam to the region in approximately the 14th century CE. Much of the northern Niger basin remains Muslim today, although the southern reaches of the river tend to be Christian.
Classical writings on the interior of the Sahara begin with Ptolemy, who mentions two rivers in the desert: the "Gir" (Γειρ)[35][36] and farther south, the "Nigir" (Νιγειρ).[37][38] The first has been since identified as the Wadi Ghir on the north-western edge of the Tuat, along the borders of modern Morocco and Algeria.[37][39] This would likely have been as far as Ptolemy would have had consistent records. The Ni-Ger was likely speculation, although the name stuck as that of a river south of the Mediterranean's "known world". Suetonius reports Romans traveling to the "Ger", although in reporting any river's name derived from a Berber language, in which "gher" means "watercourse", confusion could easily arise.[40] Pliny connected these two rivers as one long watercourse which flowed (via lakes and underground sections) into the Nile,[41] a notion which persisted in the Arab and European worlds – and further added the Senegal River as the "Ger" – until the 19th century.
While the true course of the Niger was presumably known to locals, it was a mystery to the outside world until the late 18th century. The connection to the Nile River was made not simply because this was then known as the great river of "Aethiopia" (by which all lands south of the desert were called by Classical writers), but because the Nile like the Niger flooded every summer.[42] Through the descriptions of Leo Africanus and even Ibn Battuta – despite his visit to the river – the myth connecting the Niger to the Nile persisted.
Many European expeditions to plot the river were unsuccessful.[43] In 1788 the African Association was formed in England to promote the exploration of Africa in the hopes of locating the Niger, and in June 1796 the Scottish explorer Mungo Park was the first European to lay eyes on the middle portion of the river since antiquity (and perhaps ever). He wrote an account in 1799, Travels in the Interior of Africa.[44] Park proposed a theory that the Niger and Congo were the same river. Although the Niger Delta would seem like an obvious candidate, it was a maze of streams and swamps that did not look like the head of a great river. He died in 1806 on a second expedition attempting to prove the Niger-Congo connection.[45] The theory became the leading one in Europe.[45] Several failed expeditions followed; however the mystery of the Niger would not be solved for another 25 years, in 1830, when Richard Lander and his brother became the first Europeans to follow the course of the Niger to the ocean.[45]
In 1946, three Frenchmen, Jean Sauvy, Pierre Ponty and movie maker Jean Rouch, former civil servants in the African French colonies, set out to travel the entire length of the river, as no one else seemed to have done previously. They travelled from the beginning of the river near Kissidougou in Guinea, walking at first till a raft could be used, then changing to various local crafts as the river broadened and changed. Two of them reached the ocean on March 25, 1947, with Ponty having left the expedition at Niamey, somewhat past the halfway mark. They carried a 16mm movie camera, the resulting footage giving Rouch his first two ethnographic documentaries: "Au pays des mages noirs", and "La chasse à l’hippopotame". A camera was used to illustrate Rouch's subsequent book "Le Niger En Pirogue" (Fernand Nathan, 1954), as well as Sauvy's "Descente du Niger" (L'Harmattan, 2001). A typewriter was brought as well, on which Ponty produced newspaper articles he mailed out whenever possible.[46]
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[سنواريو]The water in the Niger River basin is partially regulated through dams. In Mali the Sélingué Dam on the Sankarani River is mainly used for hydropower but also permits irrigation. Two diversion dams, one at Sotuba just downstream of Bamako, and one at Markala, just downstream of Ségou, are used to irrigate about 54,000 hectares.[8] In Nigeria the Kainji Dam, Shiroro Dam, Zungeru Dam, and Jebba Dam are used to generate hydropower.
The water resources of the Niger River are under pressure because of increased water abstraction for irrigation. The construction of dams for hydropower generation is underway or envisaged in order to alleviate chronic power shortages in the countries of the Niger basin.[47] The FAO estimates the irrigation potential of all countries in the Niger river basin at 2.8 million hectares. Only 0.93m hectares (ha) were under irrigation in the late 1980s. The irrigation potential was estimated at 1.68m ha in Nigeria 0.56m ha in Mali, and the actual irrigated area was 0.67m ha and 0.19m ha.[8]
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[سنواريو]- Information and a map of the Niger's watershed on http://www.wri.org/resources آرڪائيو ڪيا ويا 2015-11-30 حوالو موجود آهي وي بيڪ مشين.
- Map of the Niger River basin at Water Resources eAtlas (link broken)
- Niger Currents: Exploring life and technology along the Niger River
- Maas, Pierre; Mommersteeg, Geert (1990). "Fishing in the Pondo". Saudi Aramco World. http://www.saudiaramcoworld.com/issue/199004/fishing.in.the.pondo.htm.
International law and the Niger River
[سنواريو]- Bibliography on Water Resources and International Law آرڪائيو ڪيا ويا 2009-02-18 حوالو موجود آهي وي بيڪ مشين. Peace Palace Library
- Spadi, Fabio (December 2005). "The International Court of Justice Judgment in the Benin–Niger Border Dispute: The Interplay of Titles and 'Effectivités' under the Uti Possidetis Juris Principle" (en ۾). Leiden Journal of International Law 18 (4): 777–794. doi: . ISSN 1478-9698. https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/leiden-journal-of-international-law/article/international-court-of-justice-judgment-in-the-beninniger-border-dispute-the-interplay-of-titles-and-effectivites-under-the-uti-possidetis-juris-principle/8A2A7DDD601C070DFA7846C12576E5FF.
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[سنواريو]- ↑
"niger | Origin and meaning of the name niger by Online Etymology Dictionary". www.etymonline.com. وقت 2022-10-14 تي اصل کان آرڪائيو ٿيل. حاصل ڪيل 2021-04-26. Unknown parameter
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ignored (مدد) - ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Inger, Andersen; Ousmane, Dione; Martha, Jarosewich-Holder; Jean-Claude, Olivry; Katherin, George Golitzen (2005). The Niger River Basin - A Vision for Sustainable Management. World Bank. ISBN 9780821362037. https://econpapers.repec.org/bookchap/wbkwbpubs/7397.htm. Retrieved 2023-01-04.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Muhedeen, Lawal; Kamaldeen Olakunle, Omosanya (2022). "35-years decadal changes in platform morphology of the Niger and Benue confluence, West Africa". ESS Open Archive. doi:. https://www.authorea.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/essoar.10512089.1.
- ↑ "WWD Continents". www.geol.lsu.edu. وقت 8 October 2017 تي اصل کان آرڪائيو ٿيل. حاصل ڪيل 28 April 2018. Unknown parameter
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ignored (مدد) - ↑ 5.0 5.1 Prabhu TL. "Agricultural Engineering: An Introduction To Agricultural Engineering". NestFame Creations Pvt. Ltd. وقت 2022-01-25 تي اصل کان آرڪائيو ٿيل. حاصل ڪيل 2021-11-18. Unknown parameter
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ignored (مدد) - ↑ 6.0 6.1 Water Accounting in the Niger River Basin. 2020. doi: . ISBN 978-92-5-133378-5. https://doi.org/10.4060/cb1274en.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 7.5 7.6 "Niger". وقت 2024-04-01 تي اصل کان آرڪائيو ٿيل. حاصل ڪيل 2024-04-01. Unknown parameter
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ignored (مدد) - ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 8.4 8.5 "Irrigation potential in Africa: A basin approach, The Niger Basin". www.fao.org. FAO. وقت 2017-07-21 تي اصل کان آرڪائيو ٿيل.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3 9.4 9.5 9.6 9.7 9.8
"Niger-Hycos". وقت 2023-02-01 تي اصل کان آرڪائيو ٿيل. حاصل ڪيل 2023-01-02. Unknown parameter
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ignored (مدد) - ↑ 10.0 10.1 Castano, Ing. Antonio. "A Study On The Hydrological Series Of The Niger River At Koulikoro, Niamey And Lokoja Stations" (PDF). وقت January 1, 2016 تي اصل (PDF) کان آرڪائيو ٿيل. حاصل ڪيل 28 April 2018. Unknown parameter
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ignored (مدد) - ↑ Gleick, Peter H., The World's Water, 2000-2001: The Biennial Report on Freshwater, Island Press, صفحو. 33, ISBN 978-1-55963-792-3 Unknown parameter
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ignored (مدد) - ↑ "Niger River". geography.name. وقت 26 April 2021 تي اصل کان آرڪائيو ٿيل. حاصل ڪيل 26 April 2021. Unknown parameter
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ignored (مدد) - ↑ Thompson, Samuel. "Niger River". ۾ McColl, R. W. Encyclopedia of World Geography. Facts On File, Inc. صفحو. 665. ISBN 9780816072293.
- ↑ "Rivers of the World: The Niger River". Radio Netherlands Archives. وقت 2021-10-27 تي اصل کان آرڪائيو ٿيل. حاصل ڪيل 2021-11-24. Unknown parameter
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ignored (مدد) - ↑ Idrissa, Abdourahmane; Decalo, Samuel, Historical Dictionary of Niger, Plymouth, UK: Scarecrow Press, صفحو. 274, ISBN 978-0810860940
- ↑ سانچو:Cite EB1911
- ↑ "Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography (1854), NIGEIR". www.perseus.tufts.edu. وقت 2024-04-01 تي اصل کان آرڪائيو ٿيل. حاصل ڪيل 2024-04-01. Unknown parameter
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ignored (مدد) - ↑ سانچو:Cite EB1911
- ↑ Hunwick, John O. (2003). Timbuktu and the Songhay Empire: Al-Sadi's Tarikh al-Sudan down to 1613 and other contemporary documents. Leiden: Brill. p. 275 Fn 22. ISBN 978-90-04-11207-0.
- ↑ Kiley, Penny. "Climate change, water and conflict in the Niger river basin". International Alert. وقت 2023-10-04 تي اصل کان آرڪائيو ٿيل. حاصل ڪيل 2023-09-29. Unknown parameter
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ignored (مدد) - ↑ 21.0 21.1 21.2 Reader 2001191.
- ↑ Reader 2001191–192.
- ↑ Tom L. McKnight; Darrel Hess (2005). "16, "The Fluvial Processes"". Physical Geography: A Landscape Appreciation (8th ed.). Upper Saddle River, New Jersey: Pearson, Prentice Hall. p. 462. ISBN 978-0-13-145139-1.
- ↑ "GRDC". وقت 2023-01-11 تي اصل کان آرڪائيو ٿيل. حاصل ڪيل 2023-01-11. Unknown parameter
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ignored (مدد) - ↑ "Niger River". وقت 30 December 2022 تي اصل کان آرڪائيو ٿيل. حاصل ڪيل 11 January 2023. Unknown parameter
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ignored (مدد) - ↑ 26.0 26.1 Tommaso, Abrate; Prof. Pierre, Hubert. "Essai de segmentation des sèries annuelles des dèbits du Niger aux stations de Koulikoro, Niamey at Lokoja" (PDF).[مئل ڳنڍڻو]
- ↑ 27.0 27.1 "AUTORITE DU BASSIN DU NIGER".
- ↑ 28.0 28.1 "BILAN HYDROLOGIQUE DU BASSIN DU NIGER ANNEE 2023/2024". وقت 2024-09-17 تي اصل کان آرڪائيو ٿيل. حاصل ڪيل 2024-09-17. Unknown parameter
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ignored (مدد) - ↑ "Liste des stations avec des mesure de type Debit et du groupe NIGERIA".[مئل ڳنڍڻو]
- ↑ "FAO". وقت 2011-09-18 تي اصل کان آرڪائيو ٿيل. حاصل ڪيل 2010-01-09. Unknown parameter
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ignored (مدد) - ↑ 31.0 31.1 Cubry, Philippe (2018). "The Rise and Fall of African Rice Cultivation Revealed by Analysis of 246 New Genomes". Current Biology 28 (14): 2274–2282. doi: . ISSN 0960-9822. PMID 29983312. Bibcode: 2018CBio...28E2274C.
- ↑ Mayor, Anne (2010). "Ceramic Traditions and Ethnicity in the Niger Bend, West Africa". Ethnoarchaeology (University of Geneva) 2: 5–48. doi: . ISSN 1944-2890. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/261296160.
- ↑ Scarcelli, Nora (2019). "Yam genomics supports West Africa as a major cradle of crop domestication". Science Advances 5 (5): eaaw1947. doi: . ISSN 2375-2548. PMID 31114806. Bibcode: 2019SciA....5.1947S.
- ↑ Mcintosh, Susan Keech; Mcintosh, Roderick J. (Oct 1979). "Initial Perspectives on Prehistoric Subsistence in the Inland Niger Delta (Mail)". World Archaeology 11 (2 Food and Nutrition): 227–243. doi: . ISSN 0043-8243. PMID 16470987.
- ↑ Geographia, Book IV, Chapter 6, Section 13.
- ↑ Claudii Ptolemaei (1843) (el ۾). Geographia. Sumptibus et typis Caroli Tauchnitii. Book IV, Chapter 6, Section 13. https://books.google.com/books?id=4ksBAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA222.
- ↑ 37.0 37.1 Meek, C. K. (1960). "The Niger and the Classics: The History of a Name". Journal of African History 1 (1): 1–17. doi: . ISSN 0021-8537.
- ↑ Law, R. C. C. (1967). "The Garamantes and Trans-Saharan Enterprise in Classical Times". Journal of African History 8 (2): 181–200. doi: . ISSN 0021-8537.. Law carefully ties together the classical sources on this, and explains the mix of third hand reports and mythology that was current in both the European and Arab worlds.
- ↑ Bunbury, Edward Herbert; Stahl, William H. (1879). A History of Ancient Geography Among the Greeks and Romans: From the Earliest Ages Till the Fall of the Roman Empire. London: J. Murray. pp. 626–627. https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_MktN8xy48XcC.
- ↑ Thomson 1948258–259.
- ↑ Thomson 1948258.
- ↑ Law 1967182-184.
- ↑ Plumb 1952.
- ↑ de Gramonte, Sanche, The Strong Brown God: Story of the Niger River, Houghton Mifflin, ISBN 978-0-395-56756-2
- ↑ 45.0 45.1 45.2 Maclachlan, T. Banks (1898). Mungo Park. Edinburgh: Oliphant, Anderson & Ferrier. pp. 130–142. https://archive.org/details/mungopark00maclrich.
- ↑ Baugh, Brenda, About Jean Rouch, Documentary Education Resources, وقت 2009-08-20 تي اصل کان آرڪائيو ٿيل, حاصل ڪيل 27 Jan 2010 Unknown parameter
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ignored (مدد) - ↑ "In the Niger Basin, Countries Collaborate on Hydropower, Irrigation and Improved Water Resource Management" (en ۾). World Bank. http://www.worldbank.org/en/news/feature/2015/03/04/niger-basin-countries-collaborate-on-hydropower-irrigation-and-improved-water-resource-management.
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[سنواريو]- Gramont, Sanche de, The Strong Brown God: The Story of the Niger River, Hart-Davis, ISBN 0-246-10759-6
- Plumb, J. H. (1952). "The Niger Quest". History Today 2 (4): 243–251.
- Reader, John, Africa, Washington, D.C.: National Geographic Society, ISBN 978-0-620-25506-6
- Thomson, J. Oliver, History of Ancient Geography, Biblo & Tannen Publishers, ISBN 978-0-8196-0143-8
- Welcomme, R.L., "The Niger River System", ۾ Davies, Bryan Robert; Walker, Keith F., The Ecology of River Systems, Springer, صفحا. 9–60, ISBN 978-90-6193-540-7
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