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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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Senegal River Valley 1

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf river ⓘ
abbreviationOfManagingOrganization OMVS ⓘ
basinArea approximately 270000 square kilometers ⓘ
basinCountry Guinea ⓘ
Mali NERFINISHED ⓘ
Mauritania ⓘ
Senegal NERFINISHED ⓘ
climateZone Sahel ⓘ
Sahel ⓘ
surface form: Sudan-Sahel zone
continent Africa ⓘ
countryAtMouth Senegal NERFINISHED ⓘ
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 NERFINISHED ⓘ
sharedBy Guinea ⓘ
Mali NERFINISHED ⓘ
Mauritania ⓘ
Senegal NERFINISHED ⓘ
sourceCountry Guinea ⓘ
Mali ⓘ
sourceLocation Guinea Highlands ⓘ
surface form: Fouta Djallon highlands
sourceRegion Guinea ⓘ
usedFor hydroelectric power ⓘ
irrigation ⓘ
transport ⓘ

Referenced by (10)

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

Saint-Louis, Senegal → bridgeCrosses → Senegal River ⓘ
Mali → hasMajorRiver → Senegal River ⓘ
West Africa → hasMajorRiver → Senegal River ⓘ
Guinea → hasMajorRiverSource → Senegal River ⓘ
Saint-Louis, Senegal → locatedAtMouthOf → Senegal River ⓘ
Saint-Louis → locatedOn → Senegal River ⓘ
Niger River → longerThan → Senegal River ⓘ
Sahel → majorRiver → Senegal River ⓘ
Pulaar → region → Senegal River ⓘ
this entity surface form: Senegal River Valley
Saint-Louis, Senegal → river → Senegal River ⓘ