Nganingkoi Bolong

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The Nganingkoi Bolong (the French spelling Nganingkoi Bôlon is also used) is a left tributary of the West African Gambia River .

geography

The approximately 20 km long Nganingkoi Bolong rises in the Gambian administrative unit Lower River Region and flows in a westerly direction. The river belongs largely to the 11,500 hectares large Kiang West National Park , where he goes through a mangrove forest .

With a width of about 270 meters, it flows as Jarin Bolong the last three kilometers to the north, after pleading with the coming from the west Jali Bolong united, then with a width of about 190 meters in the Gambia to lead .

The additional name Bolong , which many tributaries of the Gambia carry, means "moving water" or "tributary" in the Mandinka language .

literature

  • Craig Emms, Linda Barnett, Richard Human: The Gambia. The Bradt Travel Guide (= Bradt Travel Guide ). 2nd edition. Bradt Travel Guides, Chalfont St. Peter 2006, ISBN 1-84162-137-4
  • Stephen C. Stringall, Dody Broyles: Gambia. International Travel Maps, Vancouver 2003, ISBN 1-55341-217-6 (map, 96 × 61 cm, 1: 350,000)

Coordinates: 13 ° 24 ′ 0 ″  N , 15 ° 55 ′ 36 ″  W.