Niger

Landlocked Saharan nation

Niger is a landlocked country in West Africa, named after the Niger River that flows through it.

The country is largely covered by the Sahara Desert and is one of the world's poorest nations.

Also, Niger is a state in Nigeria.

The Niger River, Africa's third-longest, flows through West Africa from Guinea to the Gulf of Guinea. (Lowercase niger appears in scientific Latin names, meaning "black.")

river

tributary

Stream entering larger river

deltaSymbol denoting variation
confluenceMeeting point of streams
floodplainFlood-prone riverside lowland

meander · sediment · watershed · riparian · streamflow · downstream · upstream · Mali · fishing · irrigation

peoples

Tuareg

Saharan Berber ethnic group

FulaniWest African ethnic group
SonghaiMedieval West African empire
nomadsUnsettled, roving people

herding · camel · indigo · animism · Islam · griot · traditional · artisans · silverwork · leatherwork

country

landlocked

Having no sea access

uraniumElement ninety-two
francophoneNative speaker of French
sub-SaharanSouth of great desert

millet · GDP · independence · constitution · president · CFA franc · poverty · population · Saharan · groundnuts

Sahel

drought

Prolonged water scarcity

desertificationLand becoming barren, infertile
aridityAbsence of moisture
pastoralismMobile livestock husbandry

subsistence · ecotone · rainy season · food security · famine · sorghum · livestock · climate change · arid · semi-arid

Niger

tributary

Tuareg

landlocked

drought

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