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title: Transporting Salt on the Niger River
author: Taguelmoust
source: https://www.worldhistory.org/image/10162/transporting-salt-on-the-niger-river/
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license: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0)
updated: 1970-01-01
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# Transporting Salt on the Niger River
_Authored by Taguelmoust_
## Image File
[](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/10162.jpg)
## Image Caption
Boats transporting slabs of rock salt on the Niger River delta, Mopti, Mali. The salt comes from ancient mines in the Sahara desert.
## Cite This Work
### APA
Taguelmoust. (2019, March 06). Transporting Salt on the Niger River. *World History Encyclopedia*.
### Chicago
Taguelmoust. "Transporting Salt on the Niger River." *World History Encyclopedia*, March 06, 2019. .
### MLA
Taguelmoust. "Transporting Salt on the Niger River." *World History Encyclopedia*, 06 Mar 2019, .
## License & Copyright
[Original image](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mopti_sel.jpg) by [**Taguelmoust**](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mopti_sel.jpg). Submitted by [Mark Cartwright](https://www.worldhistory.org/user/markzcartwright/ "User Page: Mark Cartwright"), published on 06 March 2019. The copyright holder has published this content under the following license: [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0deed.en). This license lets others remix, tweak, and build upon a work even for commercial reasons, as long as they credit the author and license their new creations under the identical terms. When republishing on the web a hyperlink back to the original content source URL must be included. Please note that content linked from this page may have different licensing terms.