- LOCATION, SURFACE,
AND RELIEFS OF NIGER
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- Niger forms a real link between North
Africa and Black Africa. Completely enclosed inside the part the
West of the Continent, it is cut by the twentieth degree of north
latitude. Niger is one of the most warmly countries of the globe,
the closest sea is 700 kilometres, in the bay of
Guinea.
- Its surface is 1 267 000 km2, twice of
France.
- The relief is monotonous in all the south
part of the country where the height varies between 300 and 350
metres. The territory is essentially formed by trays which amount
to the northeast towards Djado (120 000 km2 and between 800 to
1000 meters height), and in North, in Aïr, mountain massif
summits reach 2000 meters.
- Sahara, following regions, presents various
types of relief with enter other " the erg ", these famous dunes
of sands, and the "reg", the flat and rocky area. The most
beautiful desert of the world, the Ténéré,
occupies two thirds of the country and proposes relatively varied
landscapes.
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