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Jubba, river, Africa

(Encyclopedia)Jubba jo͞oˈbä [key], Ital. Giuba, river, c.1,000 mi (1,610 km) long, formed at the Ethiopia–Somalia border, E Africa, by the confluence of the Dawa and Genale rivers, both of which rise in the hi...

Niger, river, Africa

(Encyclopedia)Niger nīˈjər [key], great river of W Africa, c.2,600 mi (4,180 km) long, rising on the Fouta Djallon plateau, SW Guinea, and flowing NE through Guinea and into Mali. In central Mali the Niger forms...

Limpopo, river, S Africa

(Encyclopedia)Limpopo lĭmpōˈpō [key], river, c.1,100 mi (1,770 km) long, rising in Limpopo prov., South Africa. It flows in a great arc, first north (forming part of the South Africa–Botswana border), then ea...

British East Africa

(Encyclopedia)British East Africa, inclusive historical term for several former British dependencies, especially Kenya, Uganda, Tanganyika, and Zanzibar. ...

British West Africa

(Encyclopedia)British West Africa, former inclusive term for the British colonies of Cameroons, Gambia, Gold Coast, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, and Togoland. ...

Zaïre, river, Africa

(Encyclopedia)Zaïre, river, Africa: see Congo, river. ...

South West Africa

(Encyclopedia)South West Africa: see Namibia.

Portuguese East Africa

(Encyclopedia)Portuguese East Africa: see Mozambique. ...

Portuguese West Africa

(Encyclopedia)Portuguese West Africa: see Angola. ...

Mali

(Encyclopedia)CE5 Mali mäˈlē [key], officially Republic of Mali, independent republic (2015 est. pop. 17,468,000), 478,764 sq mi (1,240,000 sq km), the largest country in W Africa. Mali is bordered on the nor...