Bao Bolong

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Bao Bolong
NASA World Wind satellite image: The Gambia flows here from east to west; the Bao Bolong comes from the northeast.

NASA World Wind satellite image:
The Gambia flows here from east to west; the Bao Bolong comes from the northeast.

Data
location SenegalSenegal Senegal Gambia
GambiaGambia 
River system Gambia
Drain over Gambia  → Atlantic
Headwaters 20 km northwest of Koungheul
14 ° 6 ′ 27 ″  N , 14 ° 56 ′ 11 ″  W
Source height approx.  48  m
muzzle in the Gambia coordinates: 13 ° 27 ′ 45 "  N , 15 ° 45 ′ 22"  W 13 ° 27 ′ 45 "  N , 15 ° 45 ′ 22"  W
Mouth height 0  m
Height difference approx. 48 m
Bottom slope approx. 0.42 ‰
length 114 km as the  crow flies
Catchment area 1795 km²

The Bao Bolong , known in Senegal as the Grand Bao Bôlon , is a right tributary of the West African Gambia River .

geography

The headwaters of the Bao Bolong are located in the Senegalese region of Kaffrine . Its upper course has the character of a dry valley that only carries water in the rainy season. The valley head furthest from the mouth with the longest valley path is on the northern edge of the Forêt Classée de Maka Yop Est near the village of Sintiou Nguérane , northwest of the town of Koungheul and east of the town of Malem Hodar . The headwaters are 114 kilometers northeast of the approximately 100 meter wide estuary in the Gambia River as the crow flies . There are extensive mangrove forests there . This estuary, which the Bao Bolong flows south through, has been protected as Bao Bolong Wetland Reserve since 1996 and is located on the other bank across from Kiang West National Park .

The addition Bolong , which has many tributaries of the Gambia, means "moving water" or "tributary" in the Mandinka language .

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Base de données geographiques du Sénégal
  2. ↑ ORSTOM - OMVG: Monograph Hydrologique Du Fleuve Gambie (Status: 1987) Catchment area of ​​the Bao Bolon on page 29 of the PDF file, 3.73 MB
  3. ↑ Forêt de Classée Maka Yop Est
  4. ↑ Sintiou Nguérane at Geonames
  5. ↑ Measure distances with google maps

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