Niger River Niger River The Niger River (; , ) is the principal river of West Africa, extending about . Its drainage basin is in area. Its source is in the Guinea Highlands in southeastern Guinea. It runs in a crescent through Mali, Niger, on the border with Benin and then through Nigeria, discharging through a massive delta, known as the Niger Delta or the Oil Rivers, into the Gulf of Guinea in the Atlantic Ocean. The Niger is the third-longest river in Africa, exceeded only by the Nile and the Congo River (also known as the Zaïre River). Its main tributary
Nile (TV series) Nile (TV series) Nile is a 2004 BBC Television documentary that tells the history and natural history of the Nile. The series was produced by the BBC Natural History Unit in co-production with the Discovery Channel. Episode three includes footage from the 1971 BBC Television mini-series "The Search for the Nile". "The Times" calls it an, "enlightening BBC series," that, "uses stunning photography and restrained dramatisations to pay homage to the longest river on Earth." The reviewer concludes, "never mind the cardboard dramatisations — this is an heroic story." Since the dawn of history the miraculous annual floodwaters have risen