The Niger River (/ËnaÉªdÊÉr/ NY-jÉr; French : (le) fleuve Niger, [(lÉ) floev flÅv]) niÊÉÊ is the principal river of Western, africa extending 4,180 4180 (2,600 2600). Mi its drainage basin 2,117,700 2117700 km (817,600 817600 sq) mi in. area
The Riviera's centre is Genoa, which divides it into two main sections: the Riviera di Ponente (âthe coast of the setting sunâ), extending westwards from Genoa to the French border; and the Riviera di Levante (âthe coast of the rising sunâ) between Genoa and Capo Corvo.
The capital of the Bouches-du-RhÃ´ne department and Provence-Alpes-CÃ´te d'Azur region, Marseille, on France's south coast, is the country's second largest city, after Paris, with a population of 852,516 in 2012, and an area of 241 km2 (93 sq mi), the 3rd-largest metropolitan area in France after Paris and Lyon.