Senegal River

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river

The Senegal River is a major West African waterway that flows through Guinea, Mali, Mauritania, and Senegal before emptying into the Atlantic Ocean, serving as an important source of irrigation, transport, and hydroelectric power.

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All labels observed (6)

Label	Occurrences
Senegal River canonical	38
Senegal River valley	9
Senegal River basin	8
Senegal River system	3
Senegal River Valley	1
Sénégal River	1

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	river ⓘ
abbreviationOfManagingOrganization	OMVS ⓘ
basinArea	approximately 270000 square kilometers ⓘ
basinCountry	Guinea ⓘ Mali ⓘ Mauritania ⓘ Senegal ⓘ
climateZone	Sahel ⓘ Sahel ⓘ surface form: Sudan-Sahel zone
continent	Africa ⓘ
countryAtMouth	Senegal ⓘ
economicImportance	agriculture ⓘ fishing ⓘ navigation ⓘ
emptiesInto	Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
estuaryType	tidal estuary ⓘ
flowsThrough	Guinea ⓘ Mali ⓘ Mauritania ⓘ Senegal ⓘ
formsBorderBetween	Mauritania and Senegal ⓘ
hasCityOnBank	Kayes, Mali ⓘ Podor, Senegal ⓘ Saint-Louis, Senegal ⓘ
hasDam	Diama Dam ⓘ Manantali Dam ⓘ
hasDelta	Senegal River Delta ⓘ
historicalRegion	Futa Tooro ⓘ surface form: Futa Toro
historicalUse	boundary of the Ghana Empire ⓘ boundary of the Mali Empire ⓘ trans-Saharan trade route ⓘ
length	approximately 1086 kilometers ⓘ approximately 675 miles ⓘ
locatedIn	West Africa ⓘ
majorTributary	Bafing River ⓘ Bakoye River ⓘ Falémé River ⓘ
managingOrganization	Organisation pour la mise en valeur du fleuve Sénégal ⓘ
mouthCity	Saint-Louis, Senegal ⓘ
mouthCountry	Senegal ⓘ
sharedBy	Guinea ⓘ Mali ⓘ Mauritania ⓘ Senegal ⓘ
sourceCountry	Guinea ⓘ Mali ⓘ
sourceLocation	Guinea Highlands ⓘ surface form: Fouta Djallon highlands
sourceRegion	Guinea ⓘ
usedFor	hydroelectric power ⓘ irrigation ⓘ transport ⓘ

Referenced by (60)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

West Africa → hasMajorRiver → Senegal River ⓘ

Sahel → majorRiver → Senegal River ⓘ

Niger River → longerThan → Senegal River ⓘ

Mali → hasMajorRiver → Senegal River ⓘ

Guinea → hasMajorRiverSource → Senegal River ⓘ

Pulaar → region → Senegal River ⓘ

this entity surface form: Senegal River Valley

Saint-Louis, Senegal → locatedAtMouthOf → Senegal River ⓘ

Saint-Louis, Senegal → bridgeCrosses → Senegal River ⓘ

Saint-Louis, Senegal → river → Senegal River ⓘ

Saint-Louis → locatedOn → Senegal River ⓘ

Guinea Highlands → sourceOfRiver → Senegal River ⓘ

Kayes → locatedOnRiver → Senegal River ⓘ

Kayes → isNear → Senegal River ⓘ

Kayes → hasNearbyNaturalFeature → Senegal River ⓘ

this entity surface form: Senegal River valley

Fuuta Tooro Pulaar → spokenIn → Senegal River ⓘ

this entity surface form: Senegal River valley

Fuuta Tooro Pulaar → associatedWith → Senegal River ⓘ

Futa Tooro → locatedAlong → Senegal River ⓘ

Futa Tooro → importantRiver → Senegal River ⓘ

Futa Tooro → borderFeature → Senegal River ⓘ

this entity surface form: Senegal River valley

Senegambia → hasPart → Senegal River ⓘ

this entity surface form: Senegal River valley

Takrur → locatedIn → Senegal River ⓘ

this entity surface form: Senegal River valley

Takrur → regionToday → Senegal River ⓘ

this entity surface form: Senegal River valley

Tekrur → locatedIn → Senegal River ⓘ

this entity surface form: Senegal River valley

Tekrur → hasRiver → Senegal River ⓘ

Walo → traversedBy → Senegal River ⓘ

Kayes, Mali → locatedOnRiver → Senegal River ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sénégal River

Organisation pour la mise en valeur du fleuve Sénégal → operatesIn → Senegal River ⓘ

this entity surface form: Senegal River basin

Organisation pour la mise en valeur du fleuve Sénégal → basin → Senegal River ⓘ

Organisation pour la mise en valeur du fleuve Sénégal → usesRiver → Senegal River ⓘ

OMVS → operatesIn → Senegal River ⓘ

this entity surface form: Senegal River basin

OMVS → basin → Senegal River ⓘ

Senegal River Delta → riverMouthOf → Senegal River ⓘ

Bafing River → partOf → Senegal River ⓘ

this entity surface form: Senegal River basin

Bafing River → tributaryOf → Senegal River ⓘ

Bafing River → confluenceForms → Senegal River ⓘ

Bafing River → mouth → Senegal River ⓘ

Bafing River → watercourseSystem → Senegal River ⓘ

this entity surface form: Senegal River system

Podor, Senegal → locatedOnRiver → Senegal River ⓘ

Podor, Senegal → riverSystem → Senegal River ⓘ

this entity surface form: Senegal River basin

Toucouleur people → historicalCenter → Senegal River ⓘ

this entity surface form: Senegal River valley

Saint-Louis Region → followsRiver → Senegal River ⓘ

Saint-Louis Region → locatedOn → Senegal River ⓘ

Saint-Louis Region → riverValley → Senegal River ⓘ

this entity surface form: Senegal River valley

Saint-Louis Department → borderFeature → Senegal River ⓘ

Saint-Louis Department → river → Senegal River ⓘ

Djoudj National Bird Sanctuary → locatedOn → Senegal River ⓘ

Faidherbe Bridge → crosses → Senegal River ⓘ

Manantali Dam → partOfRiverBasin → Senegal River ⓘ

this entity surface form: Senegal River basin

Manantali Dam → regionServed → Senegal River ⓘ

this entity surface form: Senegal River basin

Diama Dam → locatedOnRiver → Senegal River ⓘ