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The Niger River flowers for 2,600 miles through Western Africa, taking an unusual boomerang-shaped route from the Atlantic Ocean to the Gulf of Guinea, although at certain points along the way it goes by other names, such as Joliba and Kwarra.

According to the New World Encyclopedia, it was about 1,000 years ago that the Niger River

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Primary source - White Nile Secondary source - Blue Nile Source confluence near Khartoum However, the most distant stream and therefore the ultimate source of the Nile flows from Rwanda through Tanzania [via various rivers] and into Lake Victoria from which the White Nile emerges in Uganda.

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The Nile River is the longest river of the world. The accurate location of source of the Nile River is 2°19'35"S and 29°21'30"E. The length of the Nile River is 7,088 km or 4,405 miles from its source in Nyungwe National Park of Rwanda.

SOURCE: S. Liu, P. Lu, D. Liu, P. Jin, W. Wang, Pinpointing the sources and measuring the lengths of the principal rivers of the world, International Journal of Digital Earth, Volume 2, Issue 1 March 2009 , pages 80 - 87,DOI: 10.1080/17538940902746082ce

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The Niger River flowers for 2,600 miles through Western Africa, taking an unusual boomerang-shaped route from the Atlantic Ocean to the Gulf of Guinea, although at certain points along the way it goes by other names, such as Joliba and Kwarra.

According to the New World Encyclopedia, it was about 1,000 years ago that the Niger River’s capabilities were noticed, as Arab traders used it to transport gold from Ghana, Africa, to eventually make its way to Alexandria, Egypt, and Tripoli, Libya, during the existence of the ancient African kingdom of Mali (1230 to 1600).

In terms of Western exploration, it was a Scottish man named Mungo Park who is touted as the first European to travel to the center of the Niger River in 1796.

Fun fact: The Niger River is the third-largest river in Africa, after the Congo and the Nile.

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The nile river is one of the longest rivers in the world, more than 4,000 miles long. You can find it in Egypt.

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The Nile River starts at the confluence of the Blue Nile and White Nile near Khartoum, Sudan.

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it was the longest river

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