Tapoa River

River Niger Tributaries from Burkina Faso OSM

The Tapoa River is a

tributary A tributary, or affluent, is a stream or river that flows into a larger stream or main stem (or parent) river or a lake. A tributary does not flow directly into a sea or ocean. Tributaries and the main stem river drain the surrounding drainage ...

of the

Niger River The Niger River ( ; ) is the main river of West Africa, extending about . Its drainage basin is in area. Its source is in the Guinea Highlands in south-eastern Guinea near the Sierra Leone border. It runs in a crescent shape through ...

. It flows through the

Tapoa Province Tapoa is one of the 45 provinces of Burkina Faso. It is located in the Est Region. Its capital is Diapaga. Departments Tapoa is divided into 8 departments: See also *Regions of Burkina Faso *Provinces of Burkina Faso *Departments of Burkina Fa ...

Burkina Faso Burkina Faso (, ; , ff, 𞤄𞤵𞤪𞤳𞤭𞤲𞤢 𞤊𞤢𞤧𞤮, italic=no) is a landlocked country in West Africa with an area of , bordered by Mali to the northwest, Niger to the northeast, Benin to the southeast, Togo and Ghana to the ...

and forms a small part of the

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between Burkina Faso and Niger, after which it flows into the Niger River in southwestern Niger. Rivers of Burkina Faso Rivers of Niger Tributaries of the Niger River Burkina Faso–Niger border International rivers of Africa {{Niger-river-stub