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John Lander

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exploration of the Niger River

  • The Niger and Sénégal river basins and the Lake Chad basin and their drainage networks
    In Niger River: Study and exploration

    In 1830 two English explorers, John and Richard Lander, established the lower course of the Niger by canoeing down the river from Yauri (now also covered by Lake Kainji), to the Atlantic Ocean, via the Nun River passage. In the second half of the 19th century two German explorers, Heinrich…

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