A good possibility for a source of `` Niger '' remains the MISC@1 phrase gher n gheren `` river of rivers '' , shortened to ngher , a local name used along the middle reaches of the river around LOCATION@1 .

One possibility is the MISC@1 phrase gher n gheren `` river of rivers '' , shortened to ngher or `` niger '' , from the middle of the river near LOCATION@1 .
