Niger River

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The Niger River is a major West African river that flows in a great arc through countries including Guinea, Mali, Niger, and Nigeria before emptying into the Atlantic Ocean.

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AI-generated illustration of Niger River

This AI-generated illustration was produced by black-forest-labs/FLUX.2-dev (1024x1024) from a prompt written by openai/gpt-oss-120b from the entity's label + description.

Prompt

Generate an image of the Niger River (The Niger River is a major West African river that flows in a great arc through countries including Guinea, Mali, Niger, and Nigeria before emptying into the Atlantic Ocean.)

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Predicate Object
instanceOf major river of Africa ⓘ
river ⓘ
associatedCity Gao ⓘ
Timbuktu ⓘ
associatedEmpire Mali Empire ⓘ
Songhai Empire ⓘ
basinArea about 2,117,700 square kilometers ⓘ
about 817,600 square miles ⓘ
biodiversityImportance supports extensive wetlands and fisheries ⓘ
climateZone Sahelian ⓘ
tropical ⓘ
continent Africa ⓘ
countryTraversed Benin ⓘ
Guinea ⓘ
Mali ⓘ
Niger ⓘ
Nigeria ⓘ
dam Jebba Dam ⓘ
Kainji Dam ⓘ
Nangbeto Dam (on tributary) ⓘ
deltaName Niger Delta ⓘ
deltaType large alluvial delta ⓘ
dischargeCharacteristic strongly seasonal flow in Sahelian reaches ⓘ
drainageBasinCountry Algeria ⓘ
Benin ⓘ
Burkina Faso ⓘ
Cameroon ⓘ
Chad ⓘ
Côte d'Ivoire ⓘ
Guinea ⓘ
Guinea-Bissau ⓘ
Mali ⓘ
Niger ⓘ
Nigeria ⓘ
Sierra Leone ⓘ
economicUse fishing ⓘ
hydroelectric power ⓘ
irrigation ⓘ
transportation ⓘ
flowDirection initially northeastward ⓘ
then southeastward ⓘ
flowsThroughCity Bamako ⓘ
Jebba ⓘ
Lokoja ⓘ
Mopti ⓘ
Niamey ⓘ
Onitsha ⓘ
Timbuktu region ⓘ
formsBorderBetween Benin ⓘ
Niger ⓘ
governingBasinOrganization Niger Basin Authority ⓘ
hasFeature Inner Niger Delta ⓘ
historicalImportance major trade route in precolonial West Africa ⓘ
innerDeltaLocation Mali ⓘ
length about 2600 miles ⓘ
about 4180 km ⓘ
locatedIn West Africa ⓘ
longerThan Senegal River ⓘ
majorTributary Bani River ⓘ
Benue River ⓘ
Gorouol River ⓘ
Kainji River ⓘ
Milo River ⓘ
Mékrou River ⓘ
Sirba River ⓘ
Sokoto River ⓘ
Tinkisso River ⓘ
mouthCountry Nigeria ⓘ
mouthFeature Niger Delta ⓘ
mouthLocation Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
Gulf of Guinea ⓘ
nameEtymology possibly from Tuareg phrase meaning "river among rivers" ⓘ
rankByLengthInAfrica third-longest river in Africa ⓘ
shorterThan Congo River ⓘ
Nile ⓘ
sourceCountry Guinea ⓘ
sourceLocation Guinea Highlands ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Africa → hasMajorRiver → Niger River ⓘ
Nigeria → containsRiver → Niger River ⓘ
Niger Delta → mouthOf → Niger River ⓘ
Northern Nigeria → hasMajorRiver → Niger River ⓘ
Port Harcourt → drainageBasin → Niger River basin ⓘ
linked to: Niger River
West Africa → hasMajorRiver → Niger River ⓘ
Sub-Saharan Africa → hasMajorRiver → Niger River ⓘ
Benue River → tributaryOf → Niger River ⓘ
Benue River → mouth → Niger River ⓘ
Benue River → partOf → Niger River basin ⓘ
linked to: Niger River
Benue River → formsConfluenceWith → Niger River at Lokoja ⓘ
linked to: Niger River
Sahel → majorRiver → Niger River ⓘ
Niger → namedAfter → Niger River ⓘ
Oryza glaberrima → regionOfEarlyCultivation → Niger River basin ⓘ
linked to: Niger River
Mali → hasMajorRiver → Niger River ⓘ
Guinea → hasMajorRiverSource → Niger River ⓘ
Oya → associatedWith → Niger River ⓘ
Oya → sacredPlace → Niger River ⓘ
Edo State → hasRiver → Niger River ⓘ
Bight of Biafra → receivesRiver → Niger River ⓘ
Kwara State → hasRiver → Niger River ⓘ
Kogi State → hasMajorRiver → Niger River ⓘ
Songhai Empire → locatedAlong → Niger River ⓘ
Bamako → locatedOnRiver → Niger River ⓘ
Bamako → drainageBasin → Niger River basin ⓘ
linked to: Niger River
Songhai people → historicalCenter → Niger River ⓘ
Niamey → locatedOnRiver → Niger River ⓘ
Niamey → drainageBasin → Niger River Basin ⓘ
linked to: Niger River
Niger State → namedAfter → Niger River ⓘ
Niger State → majorRiver → Niger River ⓘ
Gao Region → traversedByRiver → Niger River ⓘ
Onitsha → locatedOnRiver → Niger River ⓘ
Timbuktu Region → locatedOn → Niger River ⓘ
Mayo Kébbi → drainageBasin → Niger River system via Benue River ⓘ
linked to: Niger River
Katsina Ala River → partOf → Niger River drainage basin ⓘ
linked to: Niger River
La Bénoué → mouthOf → Niger River ⓘ
La Bénoué → tributaryOf → Niger River ⓘ
La Bénoué → flowsInto → Niger River ⓘ
La Bénoué → partOfRiverSystem → Niger River basin ⓘ
linked to: Niger River
Lokoja → locatedAtConfluenceOf → Niger River ⓘ
Lokoja → locatedOnRiver → Niger River ⓘ
Lokoja → majorRiverNearby → Niger River ⓘ
Nangbeto Dam (on tributary) → riverSystem → Niger River system ⓘ
linked to: Niger River
Timbuktu → locatedNear → Niger River ⓘ
Gao → locatedOnRiver → Niger River ⓘ
Niger Basin Authority → basinManaged → Niger River basin ⓘ
linked to: Niger River
Guinea Highlands → sourceOfRiver → Niger River ⓘ
Inner Niger Delta → locatedOnRiver → Niger River ⓘ
Delta State → hasRiver → Niger River ⓘ
Gongola River → partOf → Niger River system ⓘ
linked to: Niger River