Sine Bolong
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 Senegal Gambia
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| River system | Gambia | |
| Drain over | Gambia → Atlantic | |
| source | south of Tambacounda | |
| muzzle | in the Gambia coordinates: 13 ° 29 ′ 32 " N , 13 ° 53 ′ 32" W 13 ° 29 ′ 32 " N , 13 ° 53 ′ 32" W
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| length | about 40 km | |
The Sine Bolong ( French spelling Sine Bôlon ) is a right tributary of the West African Gambia River .
geography
The Sine Bolong rises about ten kilometers south of the provincial capital Tambacounda in the Senegalese region of the same name, Tambacounda . The river, with a total length of about 40 kilometers, flows in a south-westerly direction until it crosses the border with Gambia about ten kilometers from its mouth and after another five kilometers in a southerly direction it flows into the Gambia with a width of almost twenty meters.
The addition Bolong , which has many tributaries of the Gambia, means "moving water" or "tributary" in the Mandinka language .
literature
- Stephen C. Stringall, Dody Broyles: Gambia. International Travel Maps, Vancouver 2003, ISBN 1-55341-217-6 (map, 96 × 61 cm, 1: 350,000)