what countries does the niger river flow through?
Libya Chad Algeria Mali Nigeria Burkina Faso Benin
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 The river flows through several areas of ecological interest and supports a variety of rare and endangered species . 

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 The Niger coast was an area of contact between African and European traders from the years 1434 – 1807 . The Portuguese were the first traders , then the Dutch and finally the British . Prior to European contact , Igbo trade routes stretched as far as Mecca , Medina and Jeddah on the continent . 

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 Omo River guereza , C. g. guereza , found in Ethiopia , in the highlands west of the Rift Valley down to the reaches of the Awash River , the Omo River , and in the Blue Nile gorge . 

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 At the beginning of the 20th century , a railway system was in development near Lake Chad . In the 21st century , Chad and the China Civil Engineering Construction Corp agreed to a $ 7 billion contract to build additional railway infrastructure . Presently , there are rail links to Libya and Sudan . 

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 A river of sea water , called the Atlantic North Equatorial Current , flows westward off the coast of Central Africa . When this current interacts with the northeastern coast of South America , the current forks into two branches . One passes into the Caribbean Sea , while a second , the Antilles Current , flows north and east of the West Indies . These two branches rejoin north of the Straits of Florida . 
