What are the names of Nigeria's two major rivers?

The River Niger is the principal river in West Africa. Covering a distance of 4,100 kilometres, it is believed to be the longest river in both West Africa and Nigeria.

It is also the third longest river in Africa behind the River Nile and River Congo. Its source is the Guinea Highlands in southeastern Guinea.

However, it is important to note that Nigeria and Niger got their names from River Niger.

River Benue: Approximately covering a distance of 1400 kilometres, River Benue is the second longest river in Nigeria and the major tributary of River Niger.

It takes its source from the Adamawa Plateau in northern Cameroon where it rises to a height of well over 1300 metres before its descent over a number of rapids and falls.

And being one of the most navigable rivers in Nigeria, it is an important transportation route in the regions through which it flows.