Niger Delta
The Niger Delta is a distinct geographic, ecological, and cultural region situated in southern Nigeria, defined by the extensive floodplain and riverine network where the Niger River drains into the Gulf of Guinea on the Atlantic Ocean.
Photo: NASA, Public domain.- Type: Delta
- Description: delta of the Niger River in Nigeria and the surrounding region
- Also known as: “delta of the Niger River”, “Delta of the River Niger”, “Niger-delta”, “Niger-Delta”, “Oil Rivers”, “ดินดอนสามเหลี่ยมปากแม่น้ำไนเจอร์”, “วิวัฒนาการดินดอนสามเหลี่ยมปากแม่น้ำไนเจอร์”, and “ニジェールデルタ”
Niger Delta
- Categories: river delta and landform
- Location: Nigeria, West Africa, Africa
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Latitude
4.83333° or 4° 50′ north
Longitude
6° east
Elevation
23 metres (75 feet)
Open location code
6FP8R2M2+82
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Yoruba—“Niger Delta” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “دلتا النيجر”
- Asturian: “delta del Níxer”
- Azerbaijani: “Niger deltası”
- Basque: “Nigerren delta”
- Belarusian: “Дэльта Нігера”
- Catalan: “delta del Níger”
- Catalan: “Delta del Níger”
- Cebuano: “Niger Delta”
- Central Kanuri: “Niger Delta”
- Chinese: “尼日爾河三角洲”
- Croatian: “Delta Nigera”
- Czech: “Delta Nigeru”
- Dutch: “Nigerdelta”
- Esperanto: “Niĝera Delto”
- Finnish: “Nigerjoen suisto”
- French: “delta du Niger”
- French: “Delta du Niger”
- German: “Nigerdelta”
- Ghanaian Pidgin English: “Niger Delta”
- Greek: “Δέλτα του Νίγηρα”
- Hausa: “Neja Delta”
- Hausa: “Niger Delta”
- Hebrew: “הניז’ר דלתה”
- Icelandic: “Nígerósar”
- Igbo: “Mba Mmiri”
- Indonesian: “Delta Niger”
- Italian: “Delta del Niger”
- Japanese: “ニジェール・デルタ”
- Korean: “나이저 델타”
- Korean: “나이저강 삼각주”
- Lithuanian: “Nigerio delta”
- Northern Frisian: “Niigerdelta”
- Obolo: “Ebon Okwaan̄ Naija”
- Persian: “دلتای نیجر”
- Polish: “Delta Nigru”
- Portuguese: “Delta do Níger”
- Romanian: “Delta Nigerului”
- Russian: “Дельта Нигера”
- Spanish: “Delta del Níger”
- Thai: “สามเหลี่ยมปากแม่น้ำไนเจอร์”
- Tyap: “Da̱li̱ta Nija”
- Ukrainian: “Дельта Нігеру”
- Welsh: “Delta Niger”
- Wu Chinese: “尼日尔河三角洲”
- Yoruba: “Niger Delta”
- “Niger Delta”
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