Gambia River

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geographical feature river

The Gambia River is a major West African waterway that flows westward from Guinea through Senegal and The Gambia into the Atlantic Ocean, serving as a vital route for transport, trade, and agriculture.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form Occurrences
Gambia River region 2
Gambia River basin 1
Gambia River estuary 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf geographical feature ⓘ
river ⓘ
associatedProtectedArea River Gambia National Park ⓘ
basinCountry Guinea ⓘ
Senegal NERFINISHED ⓘ
The Gambia NERFINISHED ⓘ
continent Africa ⓘ
countryNamedAfter The Gambia NERFINISHED ⓘ
directionOfFlow westward ⓘ
dischargeLocation Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
drainageBasin Gambia River self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Gambia River basin
economicUse agriculture support ⓘ
fishing ⓘ
irrigation ⓘ
trade ⓘ
transport ⓘ
flowsThrough Guinea ⓘ
Senegal ⓘ
The Gambia NERFINISHED ⓘ
formsPartOf border between Senegal and The Gambia in some stretches ⓘ
hasEstuaryType tidal estuary near its mouth ⓘ
hasTributary Koulountou ⓘ
Nieri Ko ⓘ
historicalUse route for European exploration of inland West Africa ⓘ
trans-Saharan and Atlantic trade route ⓘ
length about 1130 km ⓘ
about 700 miles ⓘ
locatedIn West Africa ⓘ
majorPort Banjul ⓘ
Georgetown (Janjanbureh) ⓘ
Kuntaur ⓘ
mouthCity Banjul ⓘ
mouthCountry The Gambia NERFINISHED ⓘ
mouthLocation Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
navigableFor ocean-going vessels up to Banjul ⓘ
smaller vessels further inland ⓘ
passesNear Basse Santa Su ⓘ
Janjanbureh Island NERFINISHED ⓘ
Kaur ⓘ
Kuntaur ⓘ
primaryLanguageRegionsAlongBanks Fula-speaking areas ⓘ
Mandinka-speaking areas ⓘ
Wolof-speaking areas ⓘ
region Sahel and Sudano-Guinean zones ⓘ
sourceCountry Guinea ⓘ
sourceLocation Guinea Highlands ⓘ
surface form: Fouta Djallon highlands
supportsEcosystem floodplain agriculture along its banks ⓘ
mangrove forests near the mouth ⓘ

Referenced by (10)

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

Banjul → borderedBy → Gambia River ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gambia River estuary
Gambia River → drainageBasin → Gambia River self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gambia River basin
West Africa → hasMajorRiver → Gambia River ⓘ
Guinea → hasMajorRiverSource → Gambia River ⓘ
The Gambia → hasRiver → Gambia River ⓘ
Banjul → locatedAtMouthOf → Gambia River ⓘ
Banjul → locatedOnWaterbody → Gambia River ⓘ
The Gambia → namedAfter → Gambia River ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gambia River region
Royal African Company → tradingRegion → Gambia River ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gambia River region