Senegal river

Friday, November 30, 2012

Senegal river

The Senegal River (French: Fleuve Sénégal) is a 1,790 km (1,110 mi) long river in West Africa that forms the border between Senegal and Mauritania. The Senegal River has a drainage basin of 270,000 km2, a mean flow of 680 m3/s and an annual discharge of 21.5 km3. The Senegal's headwaters are the Semefé (Bakoye) and Bafing rivers which both originate in Guinea; they form a small part of the Guinean-Malian border before coming together at Bafoulabé in Mali.
The main tributaries are the Falémé River, Karakoro River, and the Gorgol River. It flows through Bakel, Kaedi, Bogue, Richard Toll, Rosso, Saint Louis.