Sandugu Bolong
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Sandugu Bolong Sandougou |
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 Sandougou in the Gambia catchment area |
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 Senegal Gambia
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| River system | Gambia | |
| Drain over | Gambia → Atlantic | |
| source | at Baldi Kadjolé region Tambacounda 14 ° 31 ′ 45 ″ N , 12 ° 51 ′ 47 ″ W |
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| Source height | 85 m | |
| muzzle | in the Gambia coordinates: 13 ° 27 ′ 36 " N , 14 ° 30 ′ 32" W 13 ° 27 ′ 36 " N , 14 ° 30 ′ 32" W |
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| Mouth height | 1 m | |
| Height difference | 84 m | |
| Bottom slope | 0.35 ‰ | |
| length | 240 km | |
| Catchment area | 11,668 km² | |
The Sandugu Bolong is a river in the West African states of Senegal and Gambia . In Senegal he is known as Sandougou . The name Sami Bolong (another spelling Sani Bolong ) is also used. As Sandougou, it is the longest tributary of the Gambia .
geography
The Sandougou rises northeast of the regional prefecture Tambacounda in the East Senegalese region of Tambacounda . The river flows for a length of about 240 kilometers in a southwest-west direction until it flows into the Gambia River with a width of about 65 meters .
The addition Bolong , which has many tributaries of the Gambia, means "moving water" or "tributary" in the Mandinka language .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Baldi Kadjolé at Geonames
- ↑ Baldi Kadjolé
- ↑ Geonames
- ↑ Measured on Google Earth
- ↑ ORSTOM - OMVG: Monograph Hydrologique Du Fleuve Gambie Sandougou on page 30 of the PDF file 3.81 MB
Web links
- Sandugu Bolon at Geonames
- Le petit pont de bois de la rivière Sandougou makeshift bridge at Colibantan during the rainy season, August 2007