Nianija Bolong
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 Senegal Gambia
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| River system | Gambia | |
| Drain over | Gambia → Atlantic | |
| source | Near the city of Koungheul in Senegal | |
| muzzle | in the Gambia coordinates: 13 ° 39 ′ 12 ″ N , 15 ° 12 ′ 7 ″ W 13 ° 39 ′ 12 ″ N , 15 ° 12 ′ 7 ″ W |
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0 m
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| length | about 70 km | |
The Nianija Bolong ( French spelling Nianija Bôlon ) is a right tributary of the West African Gambia River .
geography
The Nianija Bolong rises about seven kilometers south of the Senegalese city of Koungheul in the Kaffrine region . The river flows for a length of about 70 kilometers in a south-westerly direction until it flows into the Gambia River with a width of about 35 meters .
The river flows through a region that has the highest concentration of the Senegambian stone circles . The special V-shaped stone from Kerr Batch is in the immediate vicinity of the Nianija Bolong.
The addition Bolong , which has many tributaries of the Gambia, means "moving water" or "tributary" in the Mandinka language .
literature
- Ilona Horn: Gambia. Small vacation paradise in West Africa. 2nd updated edition. Horn Ilona Verlag, Munich 1999, ISBN 3-932084-19-5
- Stephen C. Stringall, Dody Broyles: Gambia. International Travel Maps, Vancouver 2003, ISBN 1-55341-217-6 (map, 96 × 61 cm, 1: 350,000)