Niger River valley

E337061

The Niger River valley is a fertile and historically significant region in West Africa that has long supported dense human settlement, agriculture, and trade along the course of the Niger River.

All labels observed (16)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf geographical region ⓘ
river valley ⓘ
associatedWith Djenné ⓘ
Gao ⓘ
Mali Empire ⓘ
Songhai Empire ⓘ
Timbuktu ⓘ
characterizedBy fertile floodplains ⓘ
climateType semi-arid (in upper and middle reaches) ⓘ
tropical savanna (in lower reaches) ⓘ
countryLocatedIn Benin ⓘ
Guinea ⓘ
Mali ⓘ
Niger ⓘ
Nigeria ⓘ
drainageBasinOf Niger River basin ⓘ
linked to: Niger River valley
ecoregionIncludes Sahel ⓘ
Sudanian savanna ⓘ
environmentalIssue drought vulnerability ⓘ
land degradation in some areas ⓘ
seasonal flooding ⓘ
followsCourseOf Niger River ⓘ
hasCulturalSignificance center of Islamic scholarship in medieval West Africa ⓘ
cradle of several West African civilizations ⓘ
hasEconomicImportance inland fisheries ⓘ
regional food production ⓘ
river transport ⓘ
hasPart Inner Niger Delta ⓘ
Lower Niger region ⓘ
Middle Niger region ⓘ
historicallySupported dense human settlement ⓘ
influencedBy annual flood regime of the Niger River ⓘ
knownFor flood-recession farming ⓘ
irrigated agriculture ⓘ
millet cultivation ⓘ
rice cultivation (in suitable zones) ⓘ
sorghum cultivation ⓘ
locatedIn West Africa ⓘ
supportsActivity agriculture ⓘ
fishing ⓘ
pastoralism ⓘ
riverine trade ⓘ
wasCenterOf regional river trade networks ⓘ
trans-Saharan trade routes ⓘ
wasRegionOf development of complex societies ⓘ
early urbanization in West Africa ⓘ
emergence of early West African states ⓘ

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Referenced by (55)

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Nupe people → traditionalHomeland → Niger River valley ⓘ
Nupe people → culturalArea → Middle Niger region ⓘ
linked to: Niger River valley
Lokoja → isInRiverBasin → Niger River basin ⓘ
linked to: Niger River valley
Guinea Highlands → drainageBasin → Inland Niger Basin ⓘ
linked to: Niger River valley
Inner Niger Delta → partOf → Niger River basin ⓘ
linked to: Niger River valley
Zarma language → primaryRegion → Niger River valley ⓘ
Mandinka → hasCulturalRegion → Upper Niger region ⓘ
subject linked to: Mandika
linked to: Niger River valley
Sokoto River → drainageBasin → Niger River basin ⓘ
linked to: Niger River valley
Gorouol River → partOf → Niger River basin ⓘ
linked to: Niger River valley
Edoid languages → geographicDistribution → Niger River basin ⓘ
linked to: Niger River valley
Oron people → culturalArea → Lower Niger–Benue cultural area ⓘ
linked to: Niger River valley
Sagbama → locatedInRiverBasin → Niger River basin ⓘ
linked to: Niger River valley
Gokana → belongsToCulturalMacroArea → Lower Niger region ⓘ
linked to: Niger River valley
Niger River valley → drainageBasinOf → Niger River basin ⓘ
linked to: Niger River valley
Wagadou → coreRegion → upper Niger River region ⓘ
linked to: Niger River valley
Niani → region → Upper Niger River region ⓘ
linked to: Niger River valley
Rumuokwuta → locatedInBasin → Niger River basin ⓘ
linked to: Niger River valley
Jenne → locatedIn → Niger River region ⓘ
linked to: Niger River valley
Askia dynasty → territorialExpansion → Niger River valley ⓘ
Kaduna River → partOf → Niger River basin ⓘ
linked to: Niger River valley
Milo River → partOf → Niger River basin ⓘ
linked to: Niger River valley
Bambara people → culturalRegion → Niger River valley ⓘ
Nworie River → isPartOf → Niger River basin ⓘ
linked to: Niger River valley
Bénoué → partOf → Niger Basin ⓘ
linked to: Niger River valley
Samori Touré → areaOfOperations → Upper Niger region ⓘ
linked to: Niger River valley
Asa River → isPartOf → Niger River basin ⓘ
linked to: Niger River valley
Niger Basin Authority → regionServed → Niger River basin ⓘ
subject linked to: NBA
linked to: Niger River valley
Technical Committee of Experts → appliesTo → Niger River Basin ⓘ
linked to: Niger River valley
Sustainable Development Action Plan of the Niger Basin → appliesTo → Niger Basin ⓘ
linked to: Niger River valley
Niger Basin Water Charter → appliesTo → Niger River Basin ⓘ
linked to: Niger River valley
Bozo people → culturalArea → Niger River valley ⓘ
Samuel Ajayi Crowther → regionOfActivity → Niger River area ⓘ
linked to: Niger River valley
Anambra River → partOf → Niger River basin ⓘ
linked to: Niger River valley
Goundam area → hasRiverSystem → Niger River basin ⓘ
linked to: Niger River valley
Koyra Senni language → spokenIn → Niger River valley ⓘ
Zerma language → primaryRegion → Niger River valley ⓘ
Epic of Sundiata → settingRegion → Upper Niger region ⓘ
linked to: Niger River valley
Western Mande → region → Upper Niger basin ⓘ
linked to: Niger River valley
Mande peoples → subregion → Upper Niger basin ⓘ
linked to: Niger River valley
Proto-Songhay → hasDescendantRegion → Niger River valley ⓘ
Kaado Songhay → spokenIn → Niger River region ⓘ
linked to: Niger River valley
River Donga → partOf → Niger River basin ⓘ
linked to: Niger River valley
Northern Mali → borderedBy → Northern Niger River valley ⓘ
subject linked to: northern Mali
linked to: Niger River valley
Koulikoro Region → isPartOfEconomicArea → Niger River valley ⓘ
W National Park region → partOf → Niger River basin ⓘ
linked to: Niger River valley
Komadougou Yobe → locatedIn → Niger River basin (broad West African hydrographic context) ⓘ
linked to: Niger River valley
Susu Kingdom → locatedIn → Upper Niger region ⓘ
subject linked to: Susu kingdom
linked to: Niger River valley
West African manatee → distribution → Niger River basin ⓘ
linked to: Niger River valley
Bamana Kingdom → region → Niger River valley ⓘ