Tembakounda

Tembakounda in Guinea is the location of the source of the Niger River, West Africa's longest river, which eventually empties at the Niger Delta into the Gulf of Guinea 4,180 km (2,600 mi) distant.^[1] Tembakounda is in the Djallon Mountains, low mountains rising above the plateau area of the Guinea Highlands known as Fouta Djallon.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b Dillon, Andrew (November 2007). "Child Labor and Schooling Responses to Production and Health Shocks in Northern Mali" (PDF). Cornell University Department of Applied Economics and Management and International Food Policy Research Institute. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2009-07-09.

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Countries	Guinea Mali Niger Benin Nigeria
Sections	Source of the Niger Middle Niger Inner Niger Delta Lower Niger Niger Delta
Tributaries (list) and distributaries	Tinkisso River Sankarani River Milo River Bani River Mekrou River Alibori River Sokoto River Sota River Kaduna River Benue River Anambra River Forcados River Nun River Brass River
Cities	Siguiri Bamako Segou Mopti Timbuktu Gao Niamey Lokoja Onitsha
Lakes	Kainji Lake Lac Debo
Dams and bridges	King Fahd Bridge Martyrs Bridge Markala Dam Gao Bridge Kennedy Bridge Kainji Dam Jebba Dam River Niger Bridge (Onitsha)
Protected areas	Niger Basin Authority National Park of Upper Niger W National Park Kainji National Park
Disasters	Kebbi boat disaster Kwara boat disaster Ogbaru boat disaster